Falls Mountain
Falls Mountain rises to 288 m in Connecticut. Bald Peak stands 588 m to the northwest, 5.9 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.
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
- Great Falls: 0.9 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 3.1 mi
- Cascade: 3.2 mi
- Riga Falls: 5.3 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 6.0 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
- Giant's Thumb: 1.7 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 2.8 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 6.2 mi
- trail parking: 11.6 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 11.9 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
- Community Garden: 17.8 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 18.7 mi
- Judea Garden: 18.8 mi
- Flower Gardens: 19.6 mi
- Herb Gardens: 19.6 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
- 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
- Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Falls Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| The Matterhorn | E 94° | 498 m | 6.6 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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