Walnut Mountain
- 6 routes
- V0- – V4
- Bouldering
- Jul–Oct
- best months
Walnut Mountain is a bouldering area in Connecticut, about a mile from the town of Newfield. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with the Pink Walnut Boulder just 0.1 mile away and Burr Pond State Park / Paugnut State Forest about 0.6 mile off. The area is all bouldering, with six routes spread across the V0- to V4 range on the V scale. The most comfortable months for a visit are late spring and early fall. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Bakersville run from highs around 69°F in May to about 72°F in September, with July the warmest at about 82°F. That station sits roughly 500 feet lower than the mountain, so temperatures on the rock run a little cooler. The routes here are all boulders, and the grade range from V0- up to V4. White Nose is the hardest at V4, and Cosmic Surfer is the easiest at V0-. Frozen Solid and Vomit Comet are both V2.
- Pink Walnut BoulderRock climbing0.1 mi
- Burr Pond State Park / Paugnut State ForestRock climbing0.6 mi
- Motocross Valley Dark TowerRock climbing0.7 mi
- AnvilHiking1.3 mi
- CoeHiking1.6 mi
- John Brown TrailHiking3 mi
East Branch Farmington RiverCanoeingPhoto: John Phelan, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)8.2 mi- Bantam RiverCanoeing9.8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Mile of LedgesRock climbing · ~19 min drivePhoto: Morrowlong, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Petro CliffsRock climbing · ~19 min drivePhoto: Morrowlong, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Pink Walnut BoulderRock climbing · Next door
- Burr Pond State Park / Paugnut State ForestRock climbing · ~1 min drive
- Motocross Valley Dark TowerRock climbing · ~1 min drive
- Laurel Queen BoulderRock climbing · ~1 min drive
- Powerlinezzz BoulderRock climbing · ~1 min drive
- BOB’s BasementRock climbing · ~1 min drive
- Boulder Over Burr (Bob)Rock climbing · ~2 min drive
- Gneiss pink crackRock climbing · ~2 min drive
Best time to visit Walnut Mountain
Best months: July–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
33° / 15°
12 wet
Feb
37° / 16°
10 wet
Mar
45° / 23°
12 wet
Apr
58° / 33°
13 wet
May
69° / 44°
14 wet
Jun
77° / 53°
13 wet
Jul
82° / 58°
12 wet
Aug
80° / 56°
11 wet
Sep
72° / 49°
10 wet
Oct
60° / 38°
12 wet
Nov
49° / 29°
11 wet
Dec
38° / 21°
13 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Bakersville, CT, 5.5 mi away at 686 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
