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Browns Mountain

Browns Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Browns Mountain rises to 299 m in New York. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the north, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Brimstone Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34806359, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
299 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.47676, -73.56151

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hidden Valley Nature Center: 3.4 mi
  • Veteran Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
  • New Fairfield Town Park: 4.9 mi
  • New Farfield Town Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Squantz Pond Boat Launch: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Sybil Ludington Statue: 7.1 mi
  • 9-11 Memorial: 8.4 mi
  • The Vietnam War Monument: 8.7 mi
  • The Korean War Monument: 8.8 mi
  • War Memorial: 8.8 mi
Museums: 55
Gardens: 41
  • Personal Gardens: 2.2 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 8.8 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 8.8 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 10.8 mi
  • Garden: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Upper Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Cascades: 15.1 mi
Attractions: 18
Beaches: 15
Artworks: 11
  • greek letter pi: 7.1 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 8.4 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 10.6 mi
  • Annunaki: 15.5 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 4
  • Danbury Rest Area: 6.5 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 9.6 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 9.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 15.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Browns Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillN 8°405 m7.7 mi
Mount EgbertNW 312°405 m9.1 mi
Depot HillNW 319°398 m9.0 mi
Nimham MountW 263°388 m8.5 mi
Birch HillN 4°386 m3.1 mi
Cranberry MountainN 358°376 m1.9 mi
Branch HillNNE 14°370 m6.8 mi
Seeley HillN 7°368 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1815:4416:28

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 944948 — Browns Mountain, Putnam County, New York.

OpenStreetMap element node/357551076

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