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Ratlum Mountain

Ratlum Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Ratlum Mountain rises to 358 m in Connecticut. Platt Hill stands 443 m to the west, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Town of Barkhamsted property, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 21 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808488, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
358 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.88871, -72.92816
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Town of Barkhamsted property: 0.9 mi
  • Joan Kenney Preserve: 1.2 mi
  • Sweeton Pasture Preserve: 1.2 mi
  • Canton Land Conservation Trust: 1.3 mi
  • Town of Barkhamsted property: 1.5 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Callahan Park: 2.5 mi
  • Collinsville V.F.D. Memorial Field: 3.7 mi
  • Meadow Pond: 3.9 mi
  • West Mountain Park: 4.2 mi
  • Simsbury Farms Recreation Complex: 4.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Jones Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Hermit memorial: 6.5 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 7.1 mi
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 7.7 mi
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 7.9 mi
Museums
Waterfalls: 55
Gardens: 55
  • Southwick Community Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Shade Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Herb Garden: 11.4 mi
Artworks: 54
  • Bike Sculpture: 6.5 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 10.4 mi
  • Cow: 11.9 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 12.5 mi
  • Painted Cow: 12.7 mi
Attractions: 51
  • Indian Council Caves: 4.2 mi
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 4.4 mi
  • cellar hole: 4.5 mi
  • Boehm house site: 4.6 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 3.5 mi
  • Winsted Cliffs: 7.4 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 9.9 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 9.9 mi
  • Garden Wall: 10.0 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Hermit spring: 6.4 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 7.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Grove: 18.6 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Ratlum Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Platt HillW 274°443 m9.7 mi
Pine MountainN 360°421 m5.7 mi
Booth HillNNW 347°411 m9.4 mi
Walnut MountainWSW 256°400 m9.9 mi
Center HillNNW 335°393 m7.3 mi
Burr MountainW 264°383 m8.2 mi
Eno HillNW 322°375 m9.1 mi
Morrison HillN 354°370 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475867727063524030
Precip in3.73.24.24.04.04.94.54.34.85.23.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barkhamsted, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359267982

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