Howe Mountain
Howe Mountain rises to 473 m in Connecticut. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the north, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Housatonic State Forest, a nature reserve 0.8 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 Q31808071, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 473 m
How to reach it
- 25.7 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Dean's Ravine: 2.7 mi
- Ivy Mountain State Park: 4.5 mi
- Town Green: 4.7 mi
- Housatonic Meadows State Park: 5.9 mi
- Hillside Gardens: 6.2 mi
- Titus Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Pond Hill: 1.1 mi
- Cream Hill: 1.2 mi
- Music Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Waller Hill: 2.2 mi
- Housatonic State Forest: 0.8 mi
- Town Of Canaan: 1.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Robinson Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Evans Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Pothole Falls: 2.3 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 2.4 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 4.6 mi
- Great Falls: 5.3 mi
- Marshepaug Falls: 6.1 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 6.6 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 7.6 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 8.3 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 6.8 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 7.1 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 7.2 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 11.9 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 12.4 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 7.4 mi
- World War I Memorial: 7.8 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 8.1 mi
- Dough Boy: 8.3 mi
- Folly: 10.1 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 11.9 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 12.7 mi
- Grand Staircase: 15.9 mi
- The Beech: 16.3 mi
- Space Invaders: 16.4 mi
- Holland Beach: 11.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.7 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 15.7 mi
- County Beach: 22.9 mi
- Waterfront: 23.2 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 11.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 13.1 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 15.4 mi
- Big Spring: 15.6 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 19.3 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 21.3 mi
- Naked Lady: 21.4 mi
- Jean Widmark: 23.4 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 13.6 mi
- Judea Garden: 15.7 mi
- Heritage Garden: 21.2 mi
- Dudley Town: 7.4 mi
- Questing: 15.0 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 15.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.1 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Howe Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | N 3° | 584 m | 5.7 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | NNE 14° | 528 m | 3.5 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | NNE 26° | 521 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mohawk Mountain | S 179° | 513 m | 6.0 mi |
| Ivy Mountain | ESE 122° | 504 m | 4.6 mi |
| The Pinnacle | S 183° | 502 m | 6.0 mi |
| Red Mountain | S 174° | 499 m | 4.2 mi |
| The Matterhorn | NE 40° | 498 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 207986 — Howe Mountain, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359264595
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 19 mi
- Monterey · 19 mi
- Great Barrington · 20 mi
- Otis · 22 mi
- Stockbridge · 26 mi
- Blandford · 27 mi
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