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Perkins Mountain

Perkins Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates42.02426, -72.41008

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Museums
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions: 53
Waterfalls: 23
  • Cascade: 4.5 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 14.4 mi
  • Cascades: 16.0 mi
  • Cascades: 16.1 mi
Beaches: 12
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 4
  • Rd: 17.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 17.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 17.2 mi
  • Windham Spring: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 10.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.1 mi
  • Picnic: 16.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 10.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 10.8 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillE 93°396 m10.3 mi
Mount PisgahENE 67°379 m9.5 mi
Mount HitchcockENE 61°356 m8.8 mi
Hedgehog HillESE 110°354 m9.7 mi
Tupper HillE 86°352 m7.1 mi
Bear HillE 84°347 m7.4 mi
Moss HillE 84°341 m7.9 mi
Peck HillENE 70°336 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:30
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 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

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