The Pinnacle
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
- 20.4 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 26.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 28.7 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 2.3 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 6.4 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 7.1 mi
- Childrens Museum: 7.3 mi
- Keep Homestead Museum: 7.8 mi
- The Three Graces: 10.2 mi
- Eusebio, "The Spirit of Soccer": 11.1 mi
- Horton Court: 11.4 mi
- Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat: 11.4 mi
- The Storyteller: 11.4 mi
- 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
- Bald Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Perkins Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 1.9 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Pine Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Bald Mountain Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Stevenson Woodlands: 0.7 mi
- Camp Aya-Po: 1.0 mi
- County Road Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Colorado Drive Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Civil War Monument: 8.2 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 9.2 mi
- JFK Eternal Flame: 9.4 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Omiskanoagwiah: 10.1 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 9.7 mi
- Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 10.0 mi
- Yertle Garden: 11.5 mi
- Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden: 11.5 mi
- Goat Rock: 4.1 mi
- Path Continues: 10.5 mi
- New England Sky Screamer: 11.0 mi
- SSG 102: 11.2 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 11.5 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 9.7 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 13.2 mi
- Codfish Falls: 15.6 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 16.7 mi
- Case Falls: 17.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.3 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 7.7 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 10.2 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 11.7 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 12.1 mi
- Indian Leap: 11.5 mi
- Flag Rock: 15.0 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 17.8 mi
- Coney Rock: 17.9 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 19.7 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 10.8 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 13.1 mi
- Picnic: 16.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 19.3 mi
- Enfield: 21.6 mi
- Bara-Hack: 22.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.6 mi
- Windham Spring: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of The Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | E 85° | 396 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | ENE 60° | 379 m | 10.0 mi |
| Bald Hill | E 101° | 371 m | 11.0 mi |
| Snow Hill | ESE 109° | 362 m | 10.7 mi |
| Mount Hitchcock | NE 54° | 356 m | 9.4 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | ESE 102° | 354 m | 9.2 mi |
| Tupper Hill | ENE 75° | 352 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bear Hill | ENE 74° | 347 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359270349
Day trips start here
- Somers · 2 mi
- Hampden · 4 mi
- Tolland · 9 mi
- East Windsor · 10 mi
- Longmeadow · 10 mi
- Ludlow · 11 mi
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