Forge Mountain
Forge Mountain rises to 326 m in Connecticut. Bald Peak stands 588 m to the northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Gallows Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807933, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 326 m
How to reach it
- 25.7 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Gallows Hill: 0.7 mi
- Falls Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Sharon Mountain-North Peak: 1.7 mi
- Lookout Point: 1.8 mi
- Beebe Hill: 2.0 mi
- Town Green: 1.7 mi
- Dean's Ravine: 2.4 mi
- Trotta Field: 3.0 mi
- Cannon Park And Ballfield: 3.1 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 3.2 mi
- Wack Forest: 0.9 mi
- Belter Lime Rock Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Bauer Woods: 1.7 mi
- Sycamore Field Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Belcher: 2.0 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 1.5 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 3.3 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 6.4 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 6.6 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 6.7 mi
- Folly: 6.1 mi
- Dough Boy: 6.6 mi
- Lime Kiln: 6.7 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 7.3 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 9.1 mi
- Great Falls: 1.7 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 2.6 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 5.2 mi
- Riga Falls: 5.8 mi
- Pothole Falls: 6.3 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 2.4 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 2.5 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 6.9 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 12.8 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 15.4 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 16.7 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 18.5 mi
- Naked Lady: 18.7 mi
- Diving Lady: 21.1 mi
- Divine Mercy: 24.3 mi
- Grand Staircase: 15.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 16.3 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 16.5 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 17.5 mi
- The Beech: 18.6 mi
- Holland Beach: 15.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.6 mi
- East Beach: 19.3 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 19.4 mi
- West Beach: 19.9 mi
- Judea Garden: 18.1 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 18.1 mi
- Heritage Garden: 20.4 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 22.5 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 24.3 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 16.0 mi
- Hermit spring: 18.0 mi
- Big Spring: 19.8 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 19.9 mi
- Dudley Town: 9.4 mi
- Questing: 14.3 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 11.8 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Forge Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Peak | NW 321° | 588 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | NE 55° | 584 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Riga | NW 311° | 534 m | 5.6 mi |
| Lion's Head | NW 326° | 531 m | 5.5 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | ENE 78° | 528 m | 5.5 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | ENE 73° | 521 m | 6.9 mi |
| Thorpe Mountain | WNW 304° | 518 m | 6.2 mi |
| The Matterhorn | E 87° | 498 m | 6.7 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359263160
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 18 mi
- Monterey · 19 mi
- Berkshires · 20 mi
- Otis · 23 mi
- Stockbridge · 24 mi
- Lee · 26 mi
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