Brown Mountain
Brown Mountain rises to 499 m in Connecticut. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the west-southwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is East Bald Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807683, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 499 m
How to reach it
- 15.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 21.0 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- East Bald Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Barry Hill: 1.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 2.2 mi
- College Hill: 2.3 mi
- North Green: 0.9 mi
- Wood Creek Pond Boat Launch: 1.0 mi
- Norfolk Historic District: 2.8 mi
- Bigelow Park: 2.9 mi
- Maasser Park: 4.4 mi
- World War I Memorial: 2.6 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 5.3 mi
- Dough Boy: 7.4 mi
- Meeting House Site, 1740s-1795: 12.3 mi
- ca 1750s Cellar Hole of Rev. Adonijah Bidwell: 12.4 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 3.0 mi
- Colebrook Historical Society: 5.3 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 7.5 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 7.5 mi
- American Museum of Tort Law: 9.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 2.7 mi
- Campbell Falls: 2.8 mi
- Colebrook Falls: 5.2 mi
- Beulah Falls: 5.4 mi
- Marguerite Falls: 6.5 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 5.7 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 7.9 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 10.9 mi
- Lighthouse cemetery: 10.9 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 11.5 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 14.3 mi
- Naked Lady: 16.1 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 16.1 mi
- Divine Mercy: 18.9 mi
- The Twelfth Station - Jesus Dies Upon the Cross: 19.0 mi
- The Beech: 6.5 mi
- Space Invaders: 6.6 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 6.6 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 6.6 mi
- Acorn Face: 6.6 mi
- Heritage Garden: 12.5 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 19.2 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 20.0 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 20.2 mi
- Holland Beach: 9.0 mi
- County Beach: 12.6 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 19.1 mi
- Babbs Beach: 22.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 22.5 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 9.6 mi
- Big Spring: 10.7 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 12.0 mi
- Hermit spring: 12.9 mi
- Questing: 7.2 mi
- Dudley Town: 17.6 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Brown Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | WSW 244° | 584 m | 6.3 mi |
| Abbey Hill | N 10° | 544 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | W 264° | 539 m | 1.7 mi |
| Town Hill | NNE 18° | 538 m | 8.1 mi |
| Cowles Hill | NNE 13° | 537 m | 5.1 mi |
| Dry Hill | NNW 341° | 531 m | 8.3 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | SW 225° | 528 m | 7.2 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | SW 223° | 521 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1931822 — Brown Mountain, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359281077
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 10 mi
- Monterey · 10 mi
- Otis · 12 mi
- Great Barrington · 15 mi
- Blandford · 17 mi
- Lee · 19 mi
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