West Suffield Mountain
West Suffield Mountain rises to 184 m in Connecticut. Sweetman Mountain stands 446 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The Spencer Woods Wildlife Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 15 miles off.
The story
West Suffield Mountain, est. 710 feet (220 m), is a traprock mountain ridge located between the Berkshires and the Connecticut River Valley in north-central 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. West Suffield Mountain is known for its scenic ledges and woodlands, unique microclimate ecosystems, and rare plant communities. It is traversed by the 51-mile (82 km) Metacomet Trail, and the 110-mile (180 km) Metacomet-Monadnock Trail begins at the northern foot of West Suffield Mountain.
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Wikidata Q3567447, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 184 m
How to reach it
- 14.6 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 17.8 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Spencer Woods Wildlife Preserve: 0.3 mi
- George A. Harmon Woodlot: 0.3 mi
- Ara and Martha Dildilian Woodlot: 0.5 mi
- Alcorn Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Suffield Land Conservancy: 0.8 mi
- Sunrise Park: 0.3 mi
- Town Of Suffield (Babb's Road): 2.1 mi
- Rail Trail: 2.2 mi
- Babb's Beach Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
- Bazin N. Bruce Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- Huckleberry Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Round Hill: 2.3 mi
- Stony Knoll: 2.5 mi
- Manitook Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Peak Mountain: 2.9 mi
- E. Alexander Bergstrom: 2.7 mi
- Kotchen Quadrangle: 4.2 mi
- Suffield Academy Bell: 4.2 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 4.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine: 2.8 mi
- New England Air Museum: 4.2 mi
- King House Museum: 4.4 mi
- Salmon Brook Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- Pioneer Valley Live Steamers: 6.0 mi
- Front Garden: 3.4 mi
- Front Garden: 3.4 mi
- Back Garden: 3.4 mi
- Azalea Garden: 3.4 mi
- Side Garden: 3.4 mi
- Freedom Eagle: 7.2 mi
- Heroes of Westfield: 8.0 mi
- Epiphany: 8.8 mi
- Angel of Independence: 8.8 mi
- Westfield is Fantastic: 8.9 mi
- A-3B "Skywarrior": 4.1 mi
- C-7A "Caribou": 4.2 mi
- HU-16E "Albatross": 4.2 mi
- Smaug's Lair sign: 5.7 mi
- Manure Spreader: 6.6 mi
- Lost Acres Falls: 7.2 mi
- Carpenter's Falls: 7.2 mi
- Enders Falls: 8.0 mi
- Enders Falls: 8.1 mi
- Beach Brook Falls: 8.1 mi
- Hart Meadow: 15.4 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 15.5 mi
- Garden Wall: 15.6 mi
- Queen Mary Ledge: 16.1 mi
- Superstructure: 16.5 mi
- Babbs Beach: 2.3 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 6.5 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 17.7 mi
- Holland Beach: 19.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 19.1 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 13.9 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 13.9 mi
- Rd: 14.0 mi
- Big Spring: 14.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 14.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 6.8 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 12.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of West Suffield Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetman Mountain | NW 312° | 446 m | 10.9 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WSW 259° | 421 m | 10.3 mi |
| Holden Hill | NW 309° | 412 m | 10.7 mi |
| Winchell Mountain | WNW 294° | 403 m | 9.6 mi |
| Washington Hill | WSW 251° | 359 m | 9.9 mi |
| South Mountain | WNW 293° | 357 m | 7.8 mi |
| Drake Mountain | NW 323° | 350 m | 9.0 mi |
| Bad Luck Mountain | NW 308° | 347 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 27 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359271970
Day trips start here
- Longmeadow · 8 mi
- East Windsor · 11 mi
- Holyoke · 15 mi
- Somers · 15 mi
- Blandford · 16 mi
- Hampden · 17 mi
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