Brace Mountain
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Brace Mountain rises to 706 m in New York. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is South Brace Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 22 miles off.
The story
Brace Mountain is the peak of a ridge in the southern Taconic Mountains, near the tripoint of the U.S. states of New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Its 2,311-foot (704 m) main summit is located in New York; it is the highest point in that state's Dutchess County. The New York and Massachusetts portions of the mountain are within protected areas; Taconic State Park and Mount Washington State Forest respectively. The Connecticut portions are privately owned and conserved. It is a challenging yet popular hike since its summit, along with 2,304-foot (702 m) subpeak South Brace Mountain, are along the 15.7 mi (25.3 km) South Taconic Trail. Hikers approach the mountain either from the New York side on the west via the South Taconic or from another trail following the Connecticut-Massachusetts state line on the east, a route that allows them to visit both the tristate marker and the highest point in Connecticut, near the summit of Mount Frissell, along the way. Brace's bald summit, marked by a large cairn, offers views in all directions, particularly to the Hudson Valley and Catskills to the west. It has become a popular site for launching hang gliders and paragliders.
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Wikidata Q4953208, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 706 m
How to reach it
- 21.7 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- South Brace Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Mount Frissell: 0.7 mi
- Round Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Gridley Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Mount Ashley: 1.5 mi
- Mount Riga State Park: 3.1 mi
- Camp Hi-Rock: 3.1 mi
- Appalachian Trail Scenic Open Space: 3.2 mi
- Plaintain Pond: 3.4 mi
- Town Open Space: 3.7 mi
- Garrett Garden and Green: 4.2 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 5.5 mi
- East Twin Lake Water Access: 5.5 mi
- Copake Town Park: 5.5 mi
- Salisbury Village Open Space: 5.7 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 6.0 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 8.4 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 8.5 mi
- Sheffield Historical Society: 8.5 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 9.0 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 0.4 mi
- Copake Iron Furnace: 5.3 mi
- Dough Boy: 8.5 mi
- Battlesite Monument: 8.9 mi
- War Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 11.4 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 12.6 mi
- Diving Lady: 12.6 mi
- Naked Lady: 12.9 mi
- Divine Mercy: 19.2 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 2.5 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 2.6 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 3.1 mi
- Riga Falls: 3.2 mi
- Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 3.4 mi
- Community Garden: 12.7 mi
- Flower Gardens: 18.0 mi
- Herb Gardens: 18.1 mi
- Heritage Garden: 18.1 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 19.1 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 16.0 mi
- The Beech: 21.8 mi
- Space Invaders: 21.9 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 21.9 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 21.9 mi
- trail parking: 6.6 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 6.9 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 8.1 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 9.0 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 10.5 mi
- East Beach: 11.3 mi
- West Beach: 12.0 mi
- Oakdale Beach: 20.5 mi
- South Landing: 22.3 mi
- West Landing: 22.3 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Questing: 13.5 mi
- Dudley Town: 17.9 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 22.5 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Brace Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Everett | NE 38° | 793 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Frissell | NE 49° | 747 m | 0.7 mi |
| Mount Ashley | NE 37° | 725 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Race | NE 50° | 723 m | 4.0 mi |
| Bear Mountain | E 89° | 708 m | 1.9 mi |
| South Brace Mountain | SSE 166° | 702 m | 0.4 mi |
| Round Mountain | ENE 70° | 695 m | 0.9 mi |
| Alander Mountain | NNW 349° | 680 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:51 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copake, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357550076
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- Stockbridge · 19 mi
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- Otis · 23 mi
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