Hough Mountain
Hough Mountain rises to 374 m in Connecticut. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the north-northeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Dean's Ravine, a park 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808068, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 374 m
How to reach it
- 26.3 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Dean's Ravine: 0.4 mi
- Town Green: 2.9 mi
- Housatonic Meadows State Park: 5.1 mi
- Trotta Field: 5.6 mi
- Cannon Park And Ballfield: 5.8 mi
- Rugg Hill: 0.9 mi
- Barrack Mountain-South Peak: 1.1 mi
- Waller Hill: 1.3 mi
- Lookout Point: 1.4 mi
- Music Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Sycamore Field Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Belter Lime Rock Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Housatonic State Forest: 2.0 mi
- Town Of Canaan: 2.7 mi
- Town Open Space (Route 128): 2.7 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 0.4 mi
- Great Falls: 3.5 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 3.6 mi
- Pothole Falls: 4.4 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 5.8 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 2.8 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 4.9 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 5.9 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 7.1 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 7.7 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 7.6 mi
- Folly: 7.6 mi
- Dough Boy: 7.8 mi
- Lime Kiln: 7.8 mi
- World War I Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 4.6 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 4.8 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 7.2 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 13.0 mi
- Peter's Forge: 14.1 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 14.4 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 14.9 mi
- Grand Staircase: 14.9 mi
- Pine Ledge: 15.4 mi
- The Beech: 17.9 mi
- Holland Beach: 13.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.1 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 17.0 mi
- East Beach: 21.9 mi
- West Beach: 22.5 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 18.5 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 20.4 mi
- Naked Lady: 20.5 mi
- Diving Lady: 23.8 mi
- Jean Widmark: 24.2 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 14.0 mi
- Hermit spring: 15.7 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 17.9 mi
- Big Spring: 18.1 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 15.5 mi
- Judea Garden: 16.1 mi
- Heritage Garden: 21.4 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 23.3 mi
- Dudley Town: 7.4 mi
- Questing: 15.1 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.0 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hough Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | NNE 29° | 584 m | 5.9 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | NE 50° | 528 m | 4.5 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | NE 51° | 521 m | 6.1 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SSE 161° | 502 m | 6.9 mi |
| The Matterhorn | ENE 66° | 498 m | 5.2 mi |
| Sedgwick Mountain | SE 127° | 495 m | 4.7 mi |
| Brass Mountain | ESE 123° | 491 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bartholomew Hill | SE 142° | 484 m | 5.8 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 | 06:41 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359264577
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 19 mi
- Berkshires · 20 mi
- Monterey · 20 mi
- Otis · 23 mi
- Stockbridge · 26 mi
- Lee · 27 mi
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