Trimountain
Trimountain rises to 232 m in Connecticut. West Peak stands 301 m to the northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Notches, a peak 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 miles off.
Part of Metacomet Ridge (mountain range) and Mattabesett Trail (a route to the mountain peek.
The story
Trimountain or Tri-mountain, est. 760 feet (230 m), is a traprock mountain located 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Meriden, Connecticut. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, Connecticut, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. Trimountain is known for its scenic cliff faces, unique microclimate ecosystems, and rare plant communities. The mountain is traversed by the 51-mile (82 km) Mattabesett Trail.
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Wikidata Q3539253, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 232 m
How to reach it
- 23.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Three Notches: 0.2 mi
- Fowler Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Pistapaug Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 2.5 mi
- Powder Hill: 2.9 mi
- Otte Meadows Durham CT Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Town Open Space (Tuttle Road): 1.9 mi
- Curtis Woodland: 2.0 mi
- Parmelee Brook Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Town Open Space (Allyn Brook): 3.0 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 2.5 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 4.2 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 5.1 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 5.3 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 7.9 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 2.5 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.4 mi
- Cromwell Community Garden: 10.9 mi
- Marcus Cooke Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
- North Farms Reservoir Boat Launch: 2.8 mi
- Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
- Durham Town Green: 3.0 mi
- Giuffrida Memorial Outdoor Center YMCA: 3.2 mi
- Durham Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 4.4 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 6.1 mi
- Meriden Historical Society Museum & History Center: 6.5 mi
- Durham War Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Durham Volunteer Firefighters Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Abraham Baldwin: 4.2 mi
- Wallingford World War I Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Wallingford World War II Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 3.9 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 6.9 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 13.2 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 13.5 mi
- Shell Beach: 13.6 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 0.4 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 3.5 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 5.0 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 5.5 mi
- Bear Cave: 5.9 mi
- snake: 4.9 mi
- First Tear: 7.7 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 8.1 mi
- Totem Pole: 10.9 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 12.6 mi
- Bluff Head: 3.9 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 4.4 mi
- Chimney Corner: 14.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 15.1 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 2.3 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 6.5 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 19.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.4 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 14.1 mi
- Gay City State Park: 23.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 19.9 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 23.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 12.9 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Trimountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Peak | NW 322° | 301 m | 9.0 mi |
| East Peak | NW 322° | 277 m | 8.5 mi |
| Higby Mountain | N 358° | 272 m | 6.4 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | SSW 193° | 230 m | 1.2 mi |
| South Mountain | NW 326° | 220 m | 8.1 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | N 352° | 219 m | 3.8 mi |
| Pistapaug Mountain | S 182° | 210 m | 1.9 mi |
| Camels Hump | N 357° | 207 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4691565982
Day trips start here
- Essex · 19 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 22 mi
- Old Saybrook · 22 mi
- Old Lyme · 24 mi
- East Lyme · 27 mi
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