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Sweetheart Mountain

Sweetheart Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Sweetheart Mountain rises to 246 m in Connecticut. Walnut Mountain stands 400 m to the west-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Sweetheart Mountain Trails, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 27 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808689, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
246 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.80843, -72.93427

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Museums
Parks
  • Millennium Field: 1.5 mi
  • Collinsville V.F.D. Memorial Field: 1.9 mi
  • Town Open Space (Canton Spring Road): 2.2 mi
  • Browns Corner Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
  • Little League Field: 3.1 mi
Waterfalls
Historic sites
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 3.4 mi
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 4.3 mi
  • Jones Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Vincent H. Core Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Sap Evaporator: 7.3 mi
Gardens: 56
Attractions: 51
  • Wreck: 2.1 mi
  • 1780s dam site: 3.5 mi
  • Swimming Pool: 4.2 mi
  • Kettles: 4.2 mi
  • Trolley Offices Sign: 4.3 mi
Artworks: 50
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 3.0 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 6.9 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 7.1 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 7.2 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 7.2 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 7.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 13.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 16.3 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Sweetheart Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walnut MountainWNW 289°400 m9.8 mi
Burr MountainWNW 301°383 m9.2 mi
Cotton HillW 272°360 m5.6 mi
Ratlum MountainN 3°358 m5.6 mi
Johnnycake MountainSW 219°354 m4.9 mi
Scoville HillWSW 247°340 m9.0 mi
Wallens HillNW 323°339 m9.9 mi
Hayden HillW 276°332 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359270183

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