Falls Mountain
Falls Mountain rises to 288 m in Connecticut. Bear Mountain stands 708 m to the north-northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Gallows Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 25 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807915, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 288 m
How to reach it
- 24.9 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Gallows Hill: 0.6 mi
- Forge Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Battle Hill: 1.5 mi
- Raccoon Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Prospect: 1.8 mi
- Town Green: 1.2 mi
- Trotta Field: 2.5 mi
- Salisbury Village Open Space: 2.8 mi
- Dean's Ravine: 2.9 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Inka's Woods Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Wack Forest: 1.6 mi
- Hamlet Hill: 1.7 mi
- Town Of Canaan: 1.7 mi
- Belter Lime Rock Preserve: 1.9 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 1.0 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 3.1 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 5.8 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 5.9 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 7.1 mi
- Dough Boy: 5.8 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 6.6 mi
- Folly: 6.6 mi
- Lime Kiln: 7.3 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 8.6 mi
- Great Falls: 0.9 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 3.1 mi
- Riga Falls: 5.3 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 6.0 mi
- Pothole Falls: 6.3 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 1.7 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 2.8 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 6.2 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 16.1 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 15.9 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 17.7 mi
- Naked Lady: 17.9 mi
- Diving Lady: 20.8 mi
- Divine Mercy: 23.5 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 16.4 mi
- Grand Staircase: 16.5 mi
- Pine Ledge: 17.1 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 17.9 mi
- The Beech: 18.1 mi
- Holland Beach: 15.4 mi
- East Beach: 19.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 19.2 mi
- West Beach: 19.6 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 20.1 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 18.7 mi
- Judea Garden: 18.8 mi
- Heritage Garden: 19.6 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 23.1 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 23.5 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 16.0 mi
- Hermit spring: 18.0 mi
- Big Spring: 19.6 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 19.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 10.1 mi
- Questing: 13.5 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 11.0 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Falls Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Mountain | NNW 330° | 708 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bald Peak | NW 314° | 588 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | ENE 61° | 584 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Riga | WNW 304° | 534 m | 5.2 mi |
| Lion's Head | NW 320° | 531 m | 5.0 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | E 87° | 528 m | 5.2 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | E 79° | 521 m | 6.6 mi |
| Thorpe Mountain | WNW 296° | 518 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359262983
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 17 mi
- Monterey · 18 mi
- Berkshires · 19 mi
- Otis · 22 mi
- Stockbridge · 23 mi
- Lee · 25 mi
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