Cedar Mountain
Cedar Mountain rises to 191 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Branchville Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 8.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
Wikidata Q31807759, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 191 m
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 21.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Weir Farm National Historic Site: 1.2 mi
- East Ridge Fields: 2.1 mi
- East Ridge Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Governor Park: 2.4 mi
- Ballard Park: 2.8 mi
- Woodcock Nature Center: 2.3 mi
- Keeler Tavern Museum: 2.6 mi
- Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum: 2.6 mi
- Redding Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Putnam Memorial Park Museum: 5.6 mi
- Twixt Hills Beach: 4.7 mi
- Mamanasco Beach: 5.1 mi
- Lake Mohegan Beach: 11.2 mi
- Compo Beach: 12.7 mi
- Alvord Beach: 12.9 mi
- Florida Hill: 0.8 mi
- Nod HIll: 1.1 mi
- Branchville Hill: 1.2 mi
- Ivy Hill: 1.4 mi
- Biddle Hill: 1.5 mi
- Old Branchville Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Middlebrook Lane Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Sanford Setaside: 0.8 mi
- Florida Refuge: 0.8 mi
- Mary Evelyn Scott Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Olmstead Memorial: 2.4 mi
- War Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Ridgefield September 11 Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Settlers Rock: 3.2 mi
- James Craft Chemistry Research Laboratory Ruins: 4.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.3 mi
- Fairy Garden: 2.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 2.7 mi
- Garden Of Ideas: 5.2 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 7.2 mi
- Weir House: 1.3 mi
- 3-town marker: 4.1 mi
- Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 7.5 mi
- Earthplace: 9.5 mi
- Bedford Village Historic District: 11.4 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 6.4 mi
- P.T. Barnum: 6.8 mi
- Annunaki: 7.0 mi
- greek letter pi: 9.6 mi
- Lesser Evil: 9.7 mi
- Sheep Falls: 2.0 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 2.9 mi
- Devil's Glen Falls: 5.7 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 6.3 mi
- Farms Falls: 13.6 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 6.8 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 7.2 mi
- Castle Rock: 7.9 mi
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 10.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.4 mi
- Pell Hill: 7.2 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 7.3 mi
- Cedar Grove: 10.6 mi
- Oak Grove: 10.8 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 11.2 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 8.7 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 10.9 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 10.9 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 20.7 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 20.7 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 14.3 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 15.9 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 18.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 19.8 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 19.8 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 16.5 mi
- Cuties Island: 16.9 mi
- Dicktown: 21.9 mi
- The Silver Spring: 3.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Cedar Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | NNW 338° | 304 m | 5.6 mi |
| Bailey Mountain | WNW 295° | 299 m | 6.0 mi |
| Moses Mountain | N 350° | 296 m | 5.9 mi |
| Barlow Mountain | NW 323° | 290 m | 4.4 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | N 355° | 286 m | 6.3 mi |
| West Mountain | WNW 296° | 285 m | 4.6 mi |
| Ned Mountain | NW 323° | 284 m | 6.3 mi |
| Seth Low Mountain | NW 317° | 283 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 206089 — Cedar Mountain, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359261256
Day trips start here
- Stamford · 14 mi
- Putnam County · 19 mi
- Purchase · 21 mi
- Valhalla · 21 mi
- Port Chester · 22 mi
- Rye Brook · 22 mi
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