South Mountain
South Mountain rises to 313 m in Connecticut. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the north-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Girl Scouts of CT, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 29 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
Wikidata Q31808633, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 313 m
How to reach it
- 28.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Imagine Nation Children's Museum: 1.5 mi
- New England Carousel Museum: 1.6 mi
- Museum of Fire History: 1.6 mi
- Bristol Memorial Military Museum: 1.9 mi
- American Clock and Watch Museum: 2.2 mi
- Brackett Park: 1.5 mi
- Memorial Boulevard Park: 1.6 mi
- Casey Field: 1.7 mi
- Rockwell Park: 1.9 mi
- Wilson Playground: 2.3 mi
- Libby's Lump: 1.7 mi
- Tory's Den: 5.5 mi
- Lamothe Sugar House: 6.1 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 6.4 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 6.9 mi
- Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 1.8 mi
- Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 1.8 mi
- James P. Casey plaque: 4.4 mi
- Rochambeau Monument: 5.6 mi
- plinth: 6.4 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 7.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 7.8 mi
- Sunken Garden: 8.2 mi
- Japanese Garden: 9.3 mi
- Sustainable Garden: 9.4 mi
- Castle Rock: 0.7 mi
- Compounce Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Lindsley Hill: 2.0 mi
- West Hill: 2.1 mi
- Fall Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Girl Scouts of CT: 0.2 mi
- Shangri-La Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Russell Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Toffolon Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Environmental Learning Centers: 1.6 mi
- Maori Head: 8.0 mi
- Ben Franklin: 8.2 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 8.2 mi
- Greetings from Waterbury: 8.3 mi
- Home: 8.6 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 3.1 mi
- Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 5.3 mi
- Whigville Falls: 6.0 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 7.3 mi
- Knife Shop Falls: 8.7 mi
- Ravens Roost: 5.4 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 5.4 mi
- Whitestone Cliffs: 5.9 mi
- Green Wall: 6.9 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 6.9 mi
- Boating Side: 4.9 mi
- Waterfront: 5.0 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 6.4 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 10.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.1 mi
- Hermit spring: 16.3 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 19.2 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 19.6 mi
- Big Spring: 21.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 5.7 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.4 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 5.0 mi
- Dudley Town: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of South Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnycake Mountain | NNW 342° | 354 m | 7.7 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | SSW 208° | 312 m | 2.0 mi |
| Camp Hill | WNW 292° | 311 m | 9.4 mi |
| Lattin Hill | WNW 287° | 310 m | 8.7 mi |
| Walnut Hill | WNW 285° | 307 m | 8.9 mi |
| Clinton Hill | SW 236° | 303 m | 3.8 mi |
| West Peak | SE 138° | 301 m | 8.0 mi |
| Scranton Mountain | N 353° | 300 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 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359269712
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 27 mi
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