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Sugarloaf

Sugarloaf, seen from above at true elevation

Sugarloaf rises to 137 m in Connecticut. Cranson Peak stands 303 m to the west-southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space (Toddy Hill Road), a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 12 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808677, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
137 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.40010, -73.25095

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Treadwell Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Lake Zoar Boat Launch: 2.1 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Dickinson Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
  • Jackson Cove Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Zoar Beach: 4.1 mi
  • South Beach: 12.1 mi
  • North Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Lake Mohegan Beach: 13.6 mi
Gardens
  • SIS Community Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Eklund Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 10.5 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 44
Attractions: 22
  • Millstone: 5.9 mi
  • Millstone: 6.0 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 7.9 mi
  • 3-town marker: 10.6 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 7.6 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 8.7 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 8.9 mi
  • greek letter pi: 10.5 mi
  • Mother Mary: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pond View: 5.8 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 5.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 6.0 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 13.4 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 13.4 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 14.0 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 21.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 22.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Sugarloaf. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cranson PeakWSW 240°303 m5.2 mi
Grassy HillN 0°256 m8.8 mi
Bronson MountainN 353°255 m8.5 mi
Sunset HillSW 233°253 m7.2 mi
Taunton HillW 267°251 m5.2 mi
Walnut HillNE 36°242 m6.8 mi
Eden HillSW 215°240 m5.7 mi
Horse HillN 349°236 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2019:4920:31
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1715:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1943033 — Sugarloaf, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359287306

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