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Brimstone Mountain

Brimstone Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Brimstone Mountain rises to 237 m in New York. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the north, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Falls, a waterfall 1.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34806237, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
237 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.49093, -73.53957

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hidden Valley Nature Center: 2.9 mi
  • Squantz Pond Boat Launch: 3.7 mi
  • New Fairfield Town Park: 3.7 mi
  • New Farfield Town Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Candlewood Lake (Squantz Cove) Boat Launch: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 7.9 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial: 8.4 mi
  • Sybil Ludington Statue: 8.6 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 8.8 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 8.8 mi
Museums: 48
Gardens: 44
  • Personal Gardens: 2.5 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 8.9 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 8.9 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 11.6 mi
  • Garden: 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Lower Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Cascades: 13.9 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 16
Beaches: 15
Artworks: 11
  • greek letter pi: 6.9 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 8.0 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 10.5 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 15.0 mi
  • Annunaki: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 7
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 16.2 mi
  • Pell Hill: 16.4 mi
  • Oak Grove: 19.6 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 19.7 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 7.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 10.2 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 10.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 16.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Brimstone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillN 359°405 m6.7 mi
Depot HillNW 310°398 m9.1 mi
Birch HillNNW 337°386 m2.3 mi
Cranberry MountainNW 307°376 m1.5 mi
Branch HillN 5°370 m5.6 mi
Seeley HillN 359°368 m7.2 mi
Turner MountainN 9°362 m6.5 mi
West MountainNNW 331°360 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835475765706861504031
Precip in3.93.04.13.64.14.64.24.94.94.23.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carmel 4N, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 944756 — Brimstone Mountain, Putnam County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357550561

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