Scranton Mountain
Scranton Mountain rises to 300 m in Connecticut. Cotton Hill stands 360 m to the northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Little League Field, a park 0.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808591, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 300 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little League Field: 0.6 mi
- Malerbo Rec Complex: 3.3 mi
- Seymour Park: 3.5 mi
- Suburban Park: 4.3 mi
- Yodkin-Morin Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
- Unionville Museum: 4.0 mi
- Canton Historical Museum: 4.1 mi
- American Clock and Watch Museum: 5.8 mi
- Bristol Memorial Military Museum: 5.9 mi
- Lock Museum of America: 6.1 mi
- Johnnycake Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Wildcat Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Schoolhouse Hill: 2.1 mi
- Barnes Hill: 2.1 mi
- Mine Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Kathy Ebersold plaque: 0.9 mi
- Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 4.3 mi
- James P. Casey plaque: 4.5 mi
- Sap Evaporator: 4.8 mi
- Vincent H. Core Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 1.7 mi
- Lamothe Sugar House: 2.3 mi
- Hogan's Cider Mill: 2.4 mi
- Boynton Butterfly Garden: 3.3 mi
- Tory's Den: 3.3 mi
- Foote Road Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Town Open Space (Vineland Road): 1.5 mi
- Seven Steps Falls Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
- Town of Avon Open Space: 2.9 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 6.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 8.0 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 9.9 mi
- Perennial Garden: 10.8 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 10.8 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 10.0 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 11.4 mi
- Home: 11.6 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 11.6 mi
- Painted Cow: 12.5 mi
- Bunnell's Falls: 1.6 mi
- Seven Steps Falls: 1.7 mi
- Burlington Falls: 1.8 mi
- Fetzer Falls: 1.8 mi
- Whigville Falls: 1.9 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 3.2 mi
- Ravens Roost: 3.4 mi
- Queen Mary Ledge: 5.9 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 8.0 mi
- Green Wall: 8.1 mi
- Boating Side: 9.6 mi
- Waterfront: 9.6 mi
- Holland Beach: 12.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 13.1 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 14.1 mi
- Hermit spring: 8.8 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 11.3 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 12.1 mi
- Big Spring: 13.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 13.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 9.7 mi
- Dudley Town: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Scranton Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Hill | NW 312° | 360 m | 5.3 mi |
| Ratlum Mountain | NNE 13° | 358 m | 9.1 mi |
| Johnnycake Mountain | WSW 251° | 354 m | 1.5 mi |
| Guernsey Hill | WSW 248° | 346 m | 9.3 mi |
| Scoville Hill | W 268° | 340 m | 6.6 mi |
| Hayden Hill | NW 306° | 332 m | 7.0 mi |
| Breezy Hill | N 10° | 327 m | 8.0 mi |
| South Mountain | S 173° | 313 m | 7.8 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 | 15:40 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 210721 — Scranton Mountain, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359269281
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 24 mi
- Longmeadow · 28 mi
- Blandford · 29 mi
- Berkshires · 30 mi
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