Prospect Mountain
Prospect Mountain rises to 253 m in Connecticut. West Peak stands 301 m to the northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Podgwaite Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 17 miles off.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808467, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 253 m
How to reach it
- 16.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Podgwaite Preserve: 0.9 mi
- The Nature Conservancy Quiddity (Owned): 1.2 mi
- Russell Family Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Kleeman/Egger/Stronk Property: 1.4 mi
- Inverness Glen: 1.4 mi
- Old Kalinauskas Farm: 1.2 mi
- Forger Park: 1.3 mi
- Canfield Park: 1.7 mi
- McGrath Park: 2.1 mi
- Hotchkiss Field: 2.7 mi
- Mount Sanford: 1.4 mi
- Talmadge Hill: 1.8 mi
- Beacon Cap: 1.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.1 mi
- Hopkins Hill: 2.2 mi
- Maribeth McCarthy Demma: 2.5 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 4.6 mi
- Fountain: 4.6 mi
- Edgar Laing Heermance: 5.1 mi
- South Quad: 5.5 mi
- Bethany Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Earthkind Rose Trial Garden: 7.4 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 7.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 7.4 mi
- Biblical Garden: 7.4 mi
- Naugatuck History Museum at the Tuttle House: 4.6 mi
- Jonathan Dickerman House: 5.1 mi
- Barker Character, Comic, & Cartoon Museum: 5.7 mi
- Mattatuck Museum: 6.9 mi
- Seymour Historical Society Museum: 7.8 mi
- Cascade: 1.5 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls: 1.6 mi
- Hopp Brook Falls: 3.5 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 4.9 mi
- Spruce Brook Falls: 5.0 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 5.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 7.6 mi
- Waterfront: 11.7 mi
- Boating Side: 11.7 mi
- Jackson Cove Beach: 12.2 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 6.3 mi
- Millstone: 10.1 mi
- Millstone: 10.2 mi
- Libby's Lump: 10.8 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 12.2 mi
- Maori Head: 6.4 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 6.7 mi
- Ben Franklin: 6.8 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 6.8 mi
- End of the Line/West Rock: 9.8 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 11.1 mi
- Bethel Rock: 12.9 mi
- Satan's Dog Bowl: 13.3 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Bluff Head: 14.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 11.7 mi
- Pond View: 17.5 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 17.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 17.9 mi
- Cedar Grove: 18.2 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 7.7 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 9.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 13.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 13.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 23.2 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 23.2 mi
- Fog Signal House: 23.2 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 23.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.6 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Prospect Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Peak | NE 47° | 301 m | 9.0 mi |
| Southington Mountain | N 8° | 281 m | 8.8 mi |
| East Peak | NE 50° | 277 m | 9.1 mi |
| Andrews Hill | W 277° | 275 m | 6.3 mi |
| Woodruff Hill | W 278° | 273 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Sanford | ESE 124° | 263 m | 1.4 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 337° | 263 m | 3.7 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NNW 347° | 260 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 38 | 49 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Carmel, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1943310 — Prospect Mountain, Naugatuck Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359287719
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