Ivy Mountain State Park
Ivy Mountain State Park is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 505 m. Stone Man Mountain stands 528 m to the north-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Ivy Mountain, a peak 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 27 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 505 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 26.9 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Ivy Mountain: 0.1 mi
- Beech Hill: 0.9 mi
- Brass Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Lucas Hill: 1.6 mi
- Lookout: 1.9 mi
- Goshen Historic District: 2.8 mi
- Winchester Center Playground: 5.1 mi
- Major Besse Park: 5.6 mi
- Laurel Park: 5.9 mi
- Hillside Gardens: 6.2 mi
- Marshepaug Falls: 3.6 mi
- Pothole Falls: 4.5 mi
- Cascade: 6.8 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 6.9 mi
- Burr Falls: 7.1 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 3.6 mi
- World War I Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Hermit memorial: 8.9 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 10.2 mi
- Alain C. White and May W. White: 11.5 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 5.7 mi
- Torrington Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- KidsPlay Children's Museum: 7.2 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 8.1 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 8.1 mi
- 4 towns meet: 8.9 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 9.6 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 10.2 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 11.3 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 8.3 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 8.5 mi
- Queen Mary Ledge: 13.5 mi
- The Beech: 15.8 mi
- Space Invaders: 15.9 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 9.7 mi
- Judea Garden: 14.3 mi
- Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 22.0 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 23.1 mi
- Flower Gardens: 23.2 mi
- Jean Widmark: 21.0 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 21.3 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 22.7 mi
- Ben Franklin: 23.9 mi
- Whale Sculpture: 23.9 mi
- Holland Beach: 7.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 11.5 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 12.8 mi
- Waterfront: 19.0 mi
- Boating Side: 19.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 8.2 mi
- Hermit spring: 9.0 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 12.1 mi
- Big Spring: 12.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 19.0 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 19.5 mi
- Dudley Town: 7.9 mi
- Questing: 17.3 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Ivy Mountain State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Man Mountain | NNW 333° | 528 m | 6.6 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | NNW 346° | 521 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mohawk Mountain | SW 226° | 513 m | 5.1 mi |
| Ivy Mountain | ESE 111° | 504 m | 0.1 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SW 230° | 502 m | 5.4 mi |
| Red Mountain | WSW 243° | 499 m | 3.8 mi |
| The Matterhorn | NNW 342° | 498 m | 5.3 mi |
| Dennis Hill | NNE 15° | 496 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 7 mi away.
- Long Dash7 obs
- American Silver-bordered Fritillary5 obs
- Eastern Newt4 obs
- ragged-robin4 obs
- American Black Bear3 obs
- Red Admiral3 obs
- Pearl Crescent3 obs
- Silvery Blue3 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/68519529
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 21 mi
- Monterey · 21 mi
- Great Barrington · 23 mi
- Otis · 23 mi
- Blandford · 26 mi
- Stockbridge · 29 mi
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