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Cedar Mountain

Cedar Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates41.27565, -73.44679

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
Beaches
  • 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
Gardens: 57
  • 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
Waterfalls: 26
  • Sheep Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Cascade: 2.4 mi
  • Cascade: 2.8 mi
  • Saugatuck Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Cascade: 5.5 mi
Attractions: 20
Artworks: 17
  • 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
Picnic sites: 10
  • 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
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • 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
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 338°304 m5.6 mi
Bailey MountainWNW 295°299.314 m6.0 mi
Moses MountainN 350°296 m5.9 mi
Barlow MountainNW 323°290 m4.4 mi
Thomas MountainN 355°286 m6.3 mi
West MountainWNW 296°285 m4.6 mi
Ned MountainNW 323°284 m6.3 mi
Seth Low MountainNW 317°283 m5.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:4920:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

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

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