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Cobble Mountain

Cobble Mountain from directly overhead

Cobble Mountain is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 330 m. Ellsworth Hill stands 473 m to the east-northeast, 3.0 miles off. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.77848, -73.50228
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Kent Green: 3.8 mi
  • Bucksbaum Preserve: 3.9 mi
  • Kent Commons Park: 4.1 mi
  • Ketcham Park: 4.4 mi
  • Veterans Field: 7.4 mi
Historic sites: 39
  • Charcoal Hearth: 6.5 mi
  • Lime Kiln: 7.6 mi
  • Folly: 8.7 mi
  • Mill Ruins: 10.4 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 11.2 mi
Museums: 34
Waterfalls: 31
Attractions: 19
  • Dover Stone Church: 5.3 mi
  • wings castle: 10.1 mi
  • Town Hill Farm: 11.5 mi
  • Peter's Forge: 11.6 mi
  • Gagarin Grove: 12.4 mi
Beaches: 19
Gardens: 15
  • Judea Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Innisfree Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 18.0 mi
  • Personal Gardens: 19.5 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
Artworks: 8
  • Jean Widmark: 18.8 mi
  • Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 22.2 mi
  • Franlin Delano Roosevelt: 22.3 mi
  • Winston Chruchill: 22.3 mi
  • Mitchell Gate: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Stormville Rest Area: 19.6 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 19.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Cannavo Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Hermit spring: 24.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Cobble Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ellsworth HillENE 57°473 m3.0 mi
Woodbury MountainE 80°464 m8.0 mi
Dudleytown HillENE 79°461 m7.6 mi
Whitcomb HillE 83°459 m6.6 mi
Sharon MountainNE 39°445 m7.4 mi
Preston HillS 190°442 m4.8 mi
North Preston HillS 188°441 m4.0 mi
Skiff MountainENE 72°431 m3.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2019:5120:33
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1915:4216:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252836475866716962514031
Precip in3.33.13.73.53.54.13.84.64.64.23.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Millbrook 3 W, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438740

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