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Brass Mountain

Brass Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Brass Mountain rises to 491 m in Connecticut. Stone Man Mountain stands 528 m to the north-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Ivy Mountain State Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 28 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31807668, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
491 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.86065, -73.23650

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Waterfalls: 57
Historic sites: 53
Museums: 51
Attractions: 45
  • Pinnacle Rock: 7.8 mi
  • Gagarin Grove: 8.7 mi
  • 4 towns meet: 9.6 mi
  • Peter's Forge: 10.5 mi
  • Beckley Furnace: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 29
  • Hornet's Nest: 8.1 mi
  • Winsted Cliffs: 9.3 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 14.0 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 15.8 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 15.9 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 9.2 mi
  • Judea Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 22.2 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 22.3 mi
  • Shakespeare Garden: 23.1 mi
Beaches: 8
Artworks: 7
  • Jean Widmark: 20.2 mi
  • Bike Sculpture: 21.8 mi
  • Newsboy Statue: 23.3 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 23.4 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 23.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Hermit spring: 9.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 18.6 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Brass Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stone Man MountainNNW 340°528 m7.1 mi
Mohawk MountainSW 229°513 m4.1 mi
Ivy MountainNE 41°504 m1.0 mi
The PinnacleSW 233°502 m4.5 mi
Red MountainWSW 252°499 m3.0 mi
The MatterhornN 350°498 m5.9 mi
Dennis HillNNE 18°496 m6.4 mi
Sedgwick MountainWNW 294°495 m2.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1919:5020:32
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564696760483828
Precip in4.03.34.23.94.15.04.84.74.95.14.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205701 — Brass Mountain, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359260589

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