Soapstone Mountain
Soapstone Mountain rises to 315 m in Connecticut. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Somers Sportsmen's Association, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808629, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 315 m
How to reach it
- 21.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 27.9 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Somers Sportsmen's Association: 0.8 mi
- Edgewood Road Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Mountain View Road Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Gulf Road Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Harvey Lane Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 2.2 mi
- Somers Common: 2.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- Crystal Springs: 4.2 mi
- North Cemetery: 4.3 mi
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 2.5 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 5.6 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 6.4 mi
- Hicks-Stearns Family Museum: 6.5 mi
- New England Civil War Museum: 6.6 mi
- Sorry Rock: 11.8 mi
- The Three Graces: 11.8 mi
- The Walking Wall: 13.2 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 13.2 mi
- Mobius Solaris: 13.2 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Newell Hill: 2.2 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Murry Hill: 3.0 mi
- The Pinnacle: 3.2 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 7.3 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Willington Veteran's Memorial: 10.1 mi
- JFK Eternal Flame: 11.3 mi
- Soldiers Memorial Hall: 11.3 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 6.7 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 11.7 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 12.4 mi
- Goat Rock: 7.1 mi
- filled-in well: 8.9 mi
- New England Sky Screamer: 11.8 mi
- Path Continues: 12.9 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 13.4 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 6.5 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 10.1 mi
- Codfish Falls: 13.3 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 13.7 mi
- Case Falls: 14.2 mi
- Flag Rock: 11.8 mi
- Indian Leap: 14.4 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 15.5 mi
- Coney Rock: 15.7 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 17.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 2.8 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 8.3 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 9.2 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 10.3 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 15.1 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 11.7 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 15.4 mi
- Picnic: 17.4 mi
- Gay City State Park: 16.1 mi
- Bara-Hack: 21.4 mi
- Enfield: 24.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.5 mi
- Windham Spring: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Soapstone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | ENE 69° | 396 m | 11.2 mi |
| Bald Hill | E 85° | 371 m | 11.1 mi |
| Snow Hill | E 92° | 362 m | 10.4 mi |
| Lead Mine Hill | E 89° | 361 m | 11.7 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | E 82° | 354 m | 9.3 mi |
| Tupper Hill | NE 55° | 352 m | 8.8 mi |
| Bear Hill | NE 55° | 347 m | 9.2 mi |
| Moss Hill | ENE 57° | 341 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359269612
Day trips start here
- Somers · 2 mi
- Tolland · 6 mi
- Hampden · 7 mi
- East Windsor · 8 mi
- Longmeadow · 11 mi
- Storrs · 13 mi
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