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The Pinnacle

The Pinnacle, seen from above at true elevation

The Pinnacle rises to 273 m in Connecticut. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 20 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808713, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
273 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.00482, -72.40731

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Somers Common: 2.3 mi
  • Gerrish Park: 3.9 mi
  • Hampden Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
  • Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 4.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
Museums
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions: 56
  • Goat Rock: 4.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.6 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 11.0 mi
  • SSG 102: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Cascade: 3.4 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 13.2 mi
  • Cascades: 14.8 mi
  • Cascades: 14.8 mi
Beaches: 12
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 4
  • Rd: 18.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 18.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 18.3 mi
  • Windham Spring: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 10.8 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 13.1 mi
  • Picnic: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.6 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of The Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillE 85°396 m10.2 mi
Mount PisgahENE 60°379 m10.0 mi
Bald HillE 101°371 m11.0 mi
Snow HillESE 109°362 m10.7 mi
Mount HitchcockNE 54°356 m9.4 mi
Hedgehog HillESE 102°354 m9.2 mi
Tupper HillENE 75°352 m7.2 mi
Bear HillENE 74°347 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359270349

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