Perkins Mountain
Perkins Mountain rises to 298 m in Connecticut. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp Aya-Po, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808396, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 298 m
How to reach it
- 20.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 25.7 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 27.8 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 3.1 mi
- Childrens Museum: 6.0 mi
- Keep Homestead Museum: 6.8 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 7.3 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 7.9 mi
- The Three Graces: 9.5 mi
- Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 9.8 mi
- Horton Court: 10.5 mi
- Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat: 10.5 mi
- The Storyteller: 10.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 0.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.3 mi
- The Pinnacle: 1.4 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 3.2 mi
- Gerrish Park: 2.6 mi
- Hampden Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
- Somers Common: 3.1 mi
- Center School Park: 5.8 mi
- Center Field: 6.0 mi
- Civil War Monument: 6.9 mi
- JFK Eternal Flame: 8.6 mi
- Doggett Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Omiskanoagwiah: 9.4 mi
- Dr. Stanley S. Stusick: 9.9 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 9.3 mi
- Yertle Garden: 10.6 mi
- Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden: 10.6 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 11.1 mi
- Camp Aya-Po: 0.4 mi
- Stevenson Woodlands: 0.7 mi
- Skyline Scenic Area: 1.1 mi
- Kibbe Farm: 1.5 mi
- Bald Mountain Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Goat Rock: 2.8 mi
- Path Continues: 9.9 mi
- SSG 102: 10.0 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 10.6 mi
- New England Sky Screamer: 10.6 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 11.0 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 14.4 mi
- Codfish Falls: 16.7 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 17.9 mi
- Case Falls: 18.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 6.7 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 8.0 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 10.2 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 10.8 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 13.0 mi
- Indian Leap: 10.2 mi
- Flag Rock: 16.3 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 19.0 mi
- Coney Rock: 19.1 mi
- Titans Piazza: 20.8 mi
- Enfield: 20.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 20.7 mi
- Bara-Hack: 22.8 mi
- Greenwich: 23.9 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 10.4 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.1 mi
- Picnic: 16.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Perkins Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | E 93° | 396 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | ENE 67° | 379 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Hitchcock | ENE 61° | 356 m | 8.8 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | ESE 110° | 354 m | 9.7 mi |
| Tupper Hill | E 86° | 352 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bear Hill | E 84° | 347 m | 7.4 mi |
| Moss Hill | E 84° | 341 m | 7.9 mi |
| Peck Hill | ENE 70° | 336 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 209715 — Perkins Mountain, Capitol County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359267415
Day trips start here
- Hampden · 3 mi
- Somers · 3 mi
- Longmeadow · 9 mi
- Ludlow · 10 mi
- East Windsor · 11 mi
- Tolland · 11 mi
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