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Stony Knoll

Stony Knoll, seen from above at true elevation

Stony Knoll rises to 82 m in Connecticut. Sweetman Mountain stands 446 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Joanne Dr. Conservation Lands, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808664, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
82 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.03260, -72.70954

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Still Brook Park: 1.8 mi
  • Town Of Suffield (Babb's Road): 2.1 mi
  • Babb's Beach Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
  • Town Of Suffield (Hill Street & Russell Av.): 2.2 mi
  • Sunrise Park: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 2.2 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 4.3 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 4.4 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 4.8 mi
Museums
Gardens: 59
  • Front Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Front Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Side Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Back Garden: 3.8 mi
Artworks: 54
  • Freedom Eagle: 4.8 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 6.1 mi
  • Epiphany: 6.8 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 6.9 mi
  • The Three Graces: 7.3 mi
Attractions: 46
  • New England Sky Screamer: 4.9 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 5.9 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 5.9 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 5.9 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 36
  • Lost Acres Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Enders Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Enders Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Enders Falls: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 23
  • Indian Leap: 14.4 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 17.9 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 17.9 mi
  • Garden Wall: 18.0 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 18.4 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 11.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 11.5 mi
  • Rd: 11.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 5.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 9.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.3 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Stony Knoll. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sweetman MountainWNW 299°446 m10.5 mi
Holden HillWNW 296°412 m10.5 mi
Winchell MountainW 280°403 m10.0 mi
South MountainW 276°357 m8.4 mi
Cobble MountainWNW 304°351 m11.0 mi
Drake MountainNW 307°350 m8.2 mi
Bad Luck MountainWNW 292°347 m8.7 mi
East Sweetman MountainWNW 300°339 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514030
Precip in4.03.63.94.74.25.14.33.84.45.24.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 3 SW, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 211228 — Stony Knoll, Capitol County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359270055

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