Haystack Mountain
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Haystack Mountain rises to 510 m in Connecticut. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the west-southwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is World War I Memorial, a historic site 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 18 miles off.
The story
Haystack Mountain is a 1,680-foot-high (510 m) mountain topped with an observation tower that is the chief features of Haystack Mountain State Park, a 354-acre public recreation area in the town of Norfolk, Connecticut. The 50-foot-tall (15 m) Haystack Mountain Tower, built in 1929 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, sits upon it. The tower provides a view over the town of Norfolk and the neighboring town of Canaan. Common forms of wildlife found on the mountain include raccoons, bears, deer, coyotes, opossums, bobcats, skunks and foxes. The dominant plant life include mountain laurel (the state plant), pine trees and maples.
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Wikidata Q5687246, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 510 m
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 23.1 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Norfolk Historic District: 1.1 mi
- Wood Creek Pond Boat Launch: 1.2 mi
- North Green: 1.5 mi
- Bigelow Park: 1.6 mi
- Hillside Gardens: 3.1 mi
- College Hill: 1.2 mi
- Fox Hill: 1.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.6 mi
- East Bald Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Dutton Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 0.8 mi
- Campbell Falls: 3.1 mi
- Colebrook Falls: 5.8 mi
- Pothole Falls: 6.0 mi
- Beulah Falls: 6.2 mi
- World War I Memorial: 0.8 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 3.9 mi
- Dough Boy: 6.3 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 11.6 mi
- Hermit memorial: 12.2 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 1.2 mi
- Colebrook Historical Society: 5.9 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 6.4 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 6.5 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 8.8 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 4.3 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 9.0 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 9.8 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 11.1 mi
- Lighthouse cemetery: 11.2 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 14.9 mi
- Naked Lady: 16.8 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 16.8 mi
- Divine Mercy: 20.2 mi
- The Twelfth Station - Jesus Dies Upon the Cross: 20.3 mi
- Flower Gardens: 14.1 mi
- Herb Gardens: 14.1 mi
- Heritage Garden: 14.1 mi
- Community Garden: 16.8 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 18.4 mi
- The Beech: 8.5 mi
- Space Invaders: 8.5 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 8.5 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 8.5 mi
- Acorn Face: 8.6 mi
- Holland Beach: 8.5 mi
- County Beach: 14.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 20.7 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 21.2 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 22.0 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 9.1 mi
- Big Spring: 11.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 12.1 mi
- Hermit spring: 12.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 13.6 mi
- Questing: 8.4 mi
- Dudley Town: 15.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | WSW 256° | 584 m | 4.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNW 345° | 539 m | 1.6 mi |
| Cowles Hill | NNE 19° | 537 m | 7.1 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | SW 229° | 528 m | 5.1 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | SW 227° | 521 m | 3.5 mi |
| East Bald Mountain | NNE 16° | 519 m | 1.8 mi |
| Higley Hill | NNE 19° | 518 m | 5.2 mi |
| Seymour Mountain | NE 56° | 517 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 207746 — Haystack Mountain, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359264198
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