Rattlesnake Hill
Rattlesnake Hill rises to 257 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the north, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Pratt Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 24 miles off.
The story
mountain in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808489, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 257 m
How to reach it
- 24.2 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 27.1 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Pratt Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Town of Canton Property: 1.4 mi
- Werner's Woods: 1.6 mi
- Werner's Woods: 1.7 mi
- Lawton School Site: 1.9 mi
- Collinsville V.F.D. Memorial Field: 0.9 mi
- Millennium Field: 1.2 mi
- Town Open Space (Canton Spring Road): 1.6 mi
- West Mountain Park: 2.5 mi
- Browns Corner Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- East Hill: 1.2 mi
- Mount Horr: 1.3 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 2.2 mi
- Onion Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Sweetheart Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Canton Historical Museum: 2.2 mi
- New Hartford Historical Society Museum: 4.2 mi
- Avon Historical Society Museum: 5.0 mi
- Unionville Museum: 6.0 mi
- Phelp's Tavern: 6.4 mi
- Jones Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Kathy Ebersold plaque: 5.9 mi
- Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 6.0 mi
- Veeder Cabin Site: 7.2 mi
- Hermit memorial: 7.3 mi
- Fetzer Falls: 4.5 mi
- Seven Steps Falls: 4.5 mi
- Burlington Falls: 4.6 mi
- Bunnell's Falls: 4.7 mi
- Cathles Trail Falls: 5.1 mi
- Perennial Garden: 9.0 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.0 mi
- Shade Garden: 9.0 mi
- Herb Garden: 9.0 mi
- Primary Garden: 9.0 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 5.3 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 8.5 mi
- Painted Cow: 10.6 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 10.6 mi
- Cow: 10.7 mi
- Wreck: 2.6 mi
- Boehm house site: 5.2 mi
- 1780s dam site: 5.3 mi
- Swimming Pool: 5.9 mi
- Kettles: 5.9 mi
- Queen Mary Ledge: 2.6 mi
- Hart Meadow: 7.2 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 7.3 mi
- Garden Wall: 7.3 mi
- Superstructure: 7.9 mi
- Holland Beach: 10.4 mi
- Babbs Beach: 15.5 mi
- Boating Side: 15.8 mi
- Waterfront: 15.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 17.9 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 7.1 mi
- Hermit spring: 7.2 mi
- Big Spring: 8.9 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 9.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 15.9 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Rattlesnake Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | N 356° | 421 m | 8.9 mi |
| Walnut Mountain | W 275° | 400 m | 10.3 mi |
| Burr Mountain | WNW 285° | 383 m | 9.1 mi |
| Cotton Hill | WSW 252° | 360 m | 6.9 mi |
| Washington Hill | N 1° | 359 m | 7.7 mi |
| Ratlum Mountain | NNW 349° | 358 m | 3.3 mi |
| Johnnycake Mountain | SSW 214° | 354 m | 7.3 mi |
| Wallens Hill | NW 309° | 339 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 210108 — Rattlesnake Hill, Capitol County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359267987
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 19 mi
- Longmeadow · 22 mi
- Blandford · 23 mi
- Berkshires · 25 mi
- Otis · 26 mi
- Somers · 26 mi
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