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Connecticut · Rock climbing · Farmington · Near Middletown
Cave Wall
- 5 routes
- V0 – V3
- Bouldering
- Apr–Oct
- best months
Cave Wall is a bouldering area on town open space in Connecticut, set within Rattlesnake Mountain on city land. The climbing sits among several other bouldering spots in the same area, and the closest of them are Kung Fu Right, Kung Fu Cave and Will Warren's Den, all about 0.1 mile away. The routes here are all bouldering, and five are listed with grades from V0 to V3. The Cave Wall face is V0, Cave right is V1+, and Cave center is V3. The hardest route, Cave center, stands out as the highest grade in the area. Late spring and early fall are the most comfortable times to climb. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Burlington run from highs around 70°F in May to about 75°F in September. Winters there are cold, with January highs near 36°F and a few snowy days each month from December through February. For a change of pace, the Yellow Trail starts about half a mile away, and the Quinnipiac River offers paddling roughly 7 miles off.
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More in MiddletownBest time to go · Apr–Oct
Best time to visit Cave Wall
Best months: April–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
36° / 17°
10 wet · 4 snow
Feb
39° / 18°
9 wet · 3 snow
Mar
47° / 26°
10 wet · 2 snow
Apr
59° / 36°
11 wet
May
70° / 47°
12 wet
Jun
78° / 57°
11 wet
Jul
84° / 62°
11 wet
Aug
82° / 60°
10 wet
Sep
75° / 53°
9 wet
Oct
63° / 41°
10 wet
Nov
52° / 32°
9 wet
Dec
41° / 24°
11 wet · 2 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Burlington, CT, 8.4 mi away at 505 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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