Prentice Mountain
Prentice Mountain rises to 163 m in Connecticut. Chapman Hill stands 158 m to the east, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake of Isles Boat Launch, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 5.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808451, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 163 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 8.5 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 12.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 14.9 mi off the Shannock Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake of Isles Boat Launch: 0.7 mi
- Westbrook Fishing Club: 1.0 mi
- Eleanor and Flood Reed Memorial Woodlands: 1.1 mi
- Preston Plains Water Co.: 2.3 mi
- Preston Plains Road Open Space: 2.5 mi
- Avery Pond Water Access: 2.3 mi
- Amos Lake Water Access: 2.5 mi
- Preston Highway Park: 2.6 mi
- Downer-Doanes Park: 2.9 mi
- Wyassup Lake Boat Launch: 3.2 mi
- Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center: 2.5 mi
- Old Mystic History Center: 7.5 mi
- Perkins-Rockwell House: 7.8 mi
- Nathan Lester House: 7.8 mi
- John F. Slater Memorial Museum: 7.9 mi
- Barns Hill: 1.1 mi
- Ayer Hill: 1.4 mi
- Swantown Hill: 1.7 mi
- Lantern Hill: 2.5 mi
- Cossaduck Hill: 2.6 mi
- Cellar Hole: 2.7 mi
- Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 5.0 mi
- Mill Brook Bridge: 6.8 mi
- Miantonomo: 6.9 mi
- Rotary Club Memorial to Peace: 7.5 mi
- Austrailia Beach: 9.5 mi
- Williams Beach: 10.5 mi
- DuBois Beach: 11.8 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach: 12.1 mi
- Nauyaug Coast: 12.2 mi
- Stone Turtle: 5.0 mi
- Promised Day: 7.3 mi
- Nevertheless: 7.4 mi
- River Blue: 7.8 mi
- Muffler Man: 8.2 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 7.7 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 7.8 mi
- The Dark Manor Haunted House: 9.0 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 10.0 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 10.8 mi
- Memorial Rose Gardens: 7.5 mi
- Grow and Go Seek Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 11.8 mi
- Sprout Garden: 11.9 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 11.9 mi
- Yantic Falls: 8.3 mi
- Stepstone Falls: 12.2 mi
- Ayer's Gap Falls: 14.0 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 14.3 mi
- Silver Falls: 15.7 mi
- Skate Hut: 13.6 mi
- Powder House: 13.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 16.6 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 16.8 mi
- Big Beach: 22.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 14.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 22.7 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 23.0 mi
- Coney Rock: 24.7 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 24.8 mi
- Old Spring: 5.9 mi
- Factory Pond: 19.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 20.9 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 8.8 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 9.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.5 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 14.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 14.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 14.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Prentice Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman Hill | E 93° | 158 m | 4.0 mi |
| Stone Hill | NNE 17° | 157 m | 8.6 mi |
| Barns Hill | E 99° | 155 m | 1.1 mi |
| Pendleton Hill | E 85° | 153 m | 4.8 mi |
| Bay Mountain | NNE 21° | 152 m | 3.3 mi |
| Stewart Hill | ESE 115° | 149 m | 3.2 mi |
| Ayer Hill | SW 227° | 144 m | 1.4 mi |
| Cossaduck Hill | SE 135° | 139 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwich Public Utility PLT, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359267775
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