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Great Mountain

Great Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Great Mountain rises to 310 m in Connecticut. Observatory Hill stands 405 m to the northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Pond Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 24 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807995, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
310 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.53954, -73.45234

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Willow Springs Playground: 1.5 mi
  • Harrybrooke Park: 1.9 mi
  • Lynn Deming Park: 2.3 mi
  • Squantz Pond Boat Launch: 2.3 mi
  • Candlewood Lake (Squantz Cove) Boat Launch: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Lois Batchelder: 4.5 mi
  • Jim Hulton: 5.6 mi
  • Thomas Robert Lilly: 8.9 mi
  • Natalie Todd Lilly: 9.0 mi
  • Miller Family Preserve: 9.8 mi
Museums: 41
Waterfalls: 36
  • Quaker Brook Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 4.7 mi
  • New Preston Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Cascades: 10.8 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Personal Gardens: 7.3 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 11.0 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 11.0 mi
  • Judea Garden: 11.6 mi
  • Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 19
Beaches: 16
Cliffs: 12
Artworks: 12
  • greek letter pi: 8.7 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 8.8 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 9.7 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 11.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 17.2 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Oak Grove: 19.0 mi
  • Pond View: 19.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 19.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 19.1 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Danbury Rest Area: 11.0 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 14.0 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 14.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 19.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Great Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory HillNW 306°405 m5.7 mi
Birch HillWSW 257°386 m5.6 mi
Cranberry MountainWSW 247°376 m6.2 mi
Branch HillWNW 299°370 m4.6 mi
Seeley HillNW 309°368 m6.0 mi
Turner MountainNW 312°362 m4.6 mi
Beaver Bog MountainSW 229°358 m4.4 mi
Wanzer MountainWSW 253°346 m2.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:32
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1815:4316:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069757265534233
Precip in3.73.34.44.24.24.85.04.94.95.04.04.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359263815

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