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Parker Mountain

Parker Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Parker Mountain rises to 275 m in Connecticut. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the north-northeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Ruby Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 14 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31808381, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
275 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.91037, -72.25175

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • River Road Park: 2.0 mi
  • Heritage Park: 3.7 mi
  • Haymarket Square: 4.1 mi
  • Halls Pond Swim Area: 4.5 mi
  • West Main Street Open Space: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 2.1 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Willington Veteran's Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 7.1 mi
  • Old Firetower Foundations: 7.1 mi
Museums
Artworks: 60
Attractions: 52
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 6.2 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 10.6 mi
  • Frog Rock: 10.7 mi
  • filled-in well: 11.4 mi
  • Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 12.6 mi
Gardens: 35
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 6.9 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Codfish Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Cascade: 6.9 mi
  • Cascades: 7.0 mi
  • Cascades: 7.0 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 10.3 mi
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 11.4 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.6 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 2.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 2.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 13.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Parker Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillNNE 17°396 m7.7 mi
Bald HillNNE 33°371 m5.2 mi
Stickney HillNNE 32°371 m6.7 mi
Snow HillNE 35°362 m3.7 mi
Lead Mine HillNE 44°361 m4.9 mi
Hedgehog HillNNE 12°354 m4.7 mi
Tupper HillN 353°352 m8.5 mi
Bear HillN 355°347 m8.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359267273

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