Short Mountain
Short Mountain rises to 140 m in Connecticut. South Mountain stands 313 m to the west-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 28 miles off.
The story
Short Mountain is a traprock mountain located in south central Connecticut 5 miles (8 km) north of the city of Meriden. It is part of the narrow Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, Connecticut, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. Short Mountain is known for its scenic cliffs, unique microclimate ecosystems, and rare plant communities. It is traversed by the 51-mile (82 km) Metacomet Trail.
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Wikidata Q3482518, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 140 m
How to reach it
- 28.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wedgewood Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
- YMCA Camp Sloper: 1.1 mi
- Pine Tree Rifle Club: 1.8 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 1.9 mi
- Ragged Mountain Memorial Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Turkey Hill: 2.2 mi
- Churchill Hill: 2.9 mi
- West Peak: 3.0 mi
- South Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Percival Field: 2.9 mi
- Paper Goods Pond Park: 3.0 mi
- Griswold Park: 3.1 mi
- Beaver Pond Park: 3.1 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 2.5 mi
- Westfield Falls: 5.8 mi
- Cascades: 6.1 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 7.2 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 7.9 mi
- Kensington Soldier's Monument: 2.5 mi
- World War I Monument: 4.7 mi
- New Britain Soldiers' Monument: 5.0 mi
- City of Meriden WWII Roll of Honor: 5.0 mi
- City of Meriden World War II Roll of Honor: 5.1 mi
- Bradley Barnes Museum: 2.8 mi
- New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park: 3.5 mi
- Berlin Historical Society: 3.5 mi
- Solomon Goffe House Museum: 3.9 mi
- Connecticut State Police Museum: 4.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.2 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Sunken Garden: 8.2 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 8.3 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 8.9 mi
- 1954: 5.6 mi
- Libby's Lump: 5.9 mi
- Hospital Rock: 6.2 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 6.7 mi
- Come On Over Wall: 9.5 mi
- Home: 4.9 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 7.5 mi
- First Tear: 8.5 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 9.6 mi
- Maori Head: 11.4 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 5.6 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 7.5 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 7.5 mi
- Boating Side: 11.4 mi
- Waterfront: 11.5 mi
- Green Wall: 6.8 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 6.9 mi
- South Wall: 11.4 mi
- Solar Panel: 11.4 mi
- Superstructure: 11.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 4.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 5.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 10.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.6 mi
- Hermit spring: 22.0 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 24.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 20.0 mi
- Gay City State Park: 21.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 11.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Short Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Mountain | WNW 297° | 313 m | 7.1 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | W 281° | 312 m | 7.5 mi |
| West Peak | SSW 201° | 301 m | 3.0 mi |
| Becar Hill | W 278° | 297 m | 8.6 mi |
| Compounce Mountain | WNW 289° | 290 m | 6.3 mi |
| Fall Mountain | WNW 289° | 284 m | 9.1 mi |
| Southington Mountain | W 268° | 281 m | 6.4 mi |
| East Peak | SSW 192° | 277 m | 3.2 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 | 07:15 | 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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359269478
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 25 mi
- East Windsor · 26 mi
- Essex · 28 mi
- Tolland · 30 mi
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