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Riley Mountain

Riley Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Riley Mountain rises to 223 m in Connecticut. Paulk Hill stands 294 m to the north-northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Boston Turnpike, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 19 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808514, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
223 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.80121, -72.32897

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lisicke Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Laidlaw Park: 1.2 mi
  • Merrow Meadow Park: 1.6 mi
  • Pine Lake Community Club: 2.5 mi
  • Patriots Park: 2.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 2.6 mi
  • dog memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 3.7 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 4.7 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 5.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 54
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Horticulture Garden: 3.8 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 4.0 mi
Attractions: 46
  • filled-in well: 6.5 mi
  • Wolf Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Old Porcelain Mine: 8.9 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 10.4 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 42
  • Cascades: 2.4 mi
  • Cascades: 2.5 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
Beaches: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 6.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 19.6 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 8.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Riley Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Paulk HillNNW 332°294 m6.2 mi
Whifford HillNNE 30°291 m7.2 mi
Kendall HillNNW 348°290 m8.4 mi
Westford HillNE 42°290 m10.4 mi
Grant HillWNW 290°284 m3.2 mi
Sugar HillNNW 341°282 m6.8 mi
Reed HillNW 309°275 m4.9 mi
Parker MountainNNE 28°275 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1415:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485866727063524233
Precip in3.63.04.44.23.74.54.04.34.54.63.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Storrs, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359272610

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