Rattlesnake Mountain
Rattlesnake Mountain rises to 229 m in Connecticut. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the west-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Wall, a cliff 0.1 miles away.
The story
Rattlesnake Mountain is a traprock mountain, 750 feet (230 m) above sea level, located 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Hartford, Connecticut, in the town of Farmington. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, Connecticut, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. Rattlesnake Mountain, a popular outdoor recreation resource of the metropolitan Hartford area, is known for its cliff-top scenic vistas, unique microclimate ecosystems, and rare plant communities. Will Warren's Den, a boulder cave located on the mountain, is a local historic site. Rattlesnake Mountain is traversed by the 51-mile (82 km) Metacomet Trail.
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Wikidata Q3420159, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 229 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Will Warren's Den: 0.1 mi
- Hospital Rock: 0.6 mi
- Carousel: 4.9 mi
- The Carrals: 4.9 mi
- Trolley Offices Sign: 4.9 mi
- Town Open Space (Rattlesnake Mountain): 0.2 mi
- Town Open Space (Main Street): 0.6 mi
- Town Open Space (Pequabuck Lane): 1.0 mi
- Shade Swamp Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
- Hill-Stead Museum Grounds: 1.6 mi
- plinth: 0.9 mi
- Stone House Ruins: 2.7 mi
- Nature Center Ruins: 2.7 mi
- Borinqueneers Monument: 2.8 mi
- Vincent H. Core Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Day-Lewis Museum: 1.1 mi
- Stanley-Whitman House Museum: 1.5 mi
- Hill Stead Museum: 1.6 mi
- Plainville Historic Center: 2.9 mi
- New Britain Youth Museum: 3.2 mi
- Farmington Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Osgood Hill: 2.0 mi
- Bradley Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Campground Hill: 3.1 mi
- Burnt Hill: 3.6 mi
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski Park: 1.6 mi
- Osgood Heights Park: 1.7 mi
- Corbin Heights Park: 1.7 mi
- Quirk Park: 2.4 mi
- Kosciuszko Park: 2.6 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 4.6 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 5.2 mi
- Cascades: 6.4 mi
- Whigville Falls: 6.9 mi
- Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 7.0 mi
- Sunken Garden: 1.6 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 1.7 mi
- Wolcott Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 6.7 mi
- 5-Sense Garden: 6.8 mi
- Home: 3.5 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 6.2 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 6.3 mi
- Sedna: 7.8 mi
- Painted Cow: 7.9 mi
- Green Wall: 0.1 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 0.2 mi
- South Wall: 4.8 mi
- Solar Panel: 4.8 mi
- Superstructure: 4.9 mi
- Boating Side: 11.8 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 11.8 mi
- Waterfront: 11.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 12.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 13.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 16.4 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 17.7 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 19.6 mi
- Big Spring: 19.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 9.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Gay City State Park: 20.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 23.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 11.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Rattlesnake Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnycake Mountain | WNW 294° | 354 m | 9.2 mi |
| South Mountain | WSW 239° | 313 m | 7.0 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | SW 233° | 312 m | 8.8 mi |
| West Peak | S 184° | 301 m | 9.6 mi |
| Scranton Mountain | WNW 301° | 300 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Hope | W 278° | 297 m | 7.4 mi |
| Becar Hill | SW 236° | 297 m | 9.8 mi |
| Compounce Mountain | SW 230° | 290 m | 7.3 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 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359267997
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 21 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 27 mi
- Longmeadow · 27 mi
- Tolland · 27 mi
- Somers · 28 mi
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