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Sweet Cake Mountain

Sweet Cake Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Sweet Cake Mountain rises to 265 m in Connecticut. Birch Hill stands 386 m to the northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sweetcake Mountain Preserve, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808687, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
265 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.47093, -73.46484

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sweetcake Mountain Preserve: 0.3 mi
  • New Fairfield Town Park: 1.2 mi
  • Candlewood Shores Recreation Area: 1.3 mi
  • New Farfield Town Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Brookfield Town Beach: 1.7 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • 9-11 Memorial: 5.6 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 5.9 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 6.0 mi
  • War Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Lions Club: 6.1 mi
Museums: 56
Gardens: 47
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 6.3 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 6.3 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 6.6 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 10.7 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 13.6 mi
Waterfalls: 34
  • Lower Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 17
Artworks: 14
  • greek letter pi: 4.0 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 4.5 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 7.4 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 12.2 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 13.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Oak Grove: 15.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 15.9 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 15.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 16.0 mi
  • Pond View: 16.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Danbury Rest Area: 6.4 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 14.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 24.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 15.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Sweet Cake Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Birch HillNW 306°386 m5.9 mi
Cranberry MountainWNW 294°376 m5.5 mi
Branch HillNNW 334°370 m7.7 mi
Turner MountainNNW 340°362 m8.3 mi
Beaver Bog MountainNW 305°358 m3.3 mi
Wanzer MountainNNW 339°346 m4.4 mi
Green Pond MountainN 6°323 m5.6 mi
Briggs HillNNW 345°323 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:28

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359287315

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