Wildcat Mountain
Wildcat Mountain rises to 262 m in Connecticut. Cotton Hill stands 360 m to the northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mine Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808830, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 262 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mine Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Taine Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Scranton Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Barnes Hill: 2.9 mi
- Round Hill: 2.9 mi
- Malerbo Rec Complex: 1.6 mi
- Little League Field: 2.0 mi
- Seymour Park: 2.4 mi
- Suburban Park: 2.9 mi
- Yodkin-Morin Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
- Unionville Museum: 2.6 mi
- Canton Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- American Clock and Watch Museum: 4.9 mi
- Bristol Memorial Military Museum: 5.2 mi
- New England Carousel Museum: 5.5 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 0.7 mi
- Lamothe Sugar House: 0.9 mi
- 1780s dam site: 2.3 mi
- Kettles: 2.9 mi
- Swimming Pool: 2.9 mi
- Kathy Ebersold plaque: 0.9 mi
- Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 2.8 mi
- Vincent H. Core Memorial: 3.7 mi
- James P. Casey plaque: 4.7 mi
- Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 5.5 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 5.0 mi
- Sunken Garden: 6.3 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 9.4 mi
- 5-Sense Garden: 9.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.4 mi
- Town of Farmington Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Property of Marilyn P. Cohen: 1.9 mi
- Sessions Woods Wildlife Management Area: 1.9 mi
- Town Open Space (Burlington Road): 1.9 mi
- Hart Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 9.4 mi
- Home: 9.9 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 10.1 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 10.2 mi
- Painted Cow: 11.1 mi
- Whigville Falls: 1.4 mi
- Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 2.2 mi
- Seven Steps Falls: 2.2 mi
- Fetzer Falls: 2.3 mi
- Bunnell's Falls: 2.8 mi
- Petro Cliffs: 3.6 mi
- Ravens Roost: 3.8 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 6.3 mi
- Green Wall: 6.4 mi
- Queen Mary Ledge: 6.7 mi
- Boating Side: 9.7 mi
- Waterfront: 9.7 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 13.4 mi
- Holland Beach: 14.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 10.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 12.4 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 13.5 mi
- Big Spring: 14.4 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 12.4 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 9.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Wildcat Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton Hill | NW 308° | 360 m | 6.9 mi |
| Johnnycake Mountain | W 275° | 354 m | 2.9 mi |
| Scoville Hill | W 274° | 340 m | 8.2 mi |
| Hayden Hill | WNW 304° | 332 m | 8.7 mi |
| Breezy Hill | N 359° | 327 m | 8.6 mi |
| South Mountain | S 184° | 313 m | 7.0 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | S 189° | 312 m | 8.9 mi |
| Yellow Mountain | NNW 331° | 310 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359272196
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 23 mi
- Longmeadow · 28 mi
- Blandford · 30 mi
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