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Moses Mountain

Moses Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Moses Mountain rises to 296 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the west-southwest, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31808276, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
296 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.36010, -73.46568

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 55
Nature reserves
Beaches: 49
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 4.3 mi
  • South Beach: 8.0 mi
  • North Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 44
  • Butterfly Maze: 1.6 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 1.6 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 4.0 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 7.7 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 1.7 mi
  • Weir House: 7.1 mi
  • 3-town marker: 7.7 mi
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 11.0 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Saugatuck Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 16
  • P.T. Barnum: 2.8 mi
  • greek letter pi: 3.8 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 4.4 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 7.8 mi
  • Annunaki: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 8
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 9.4 mi
  • Pell Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 12.3 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 3.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.6 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.5 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 18.6 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 7.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Moses Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainWSW304 m1.3 mi
Cranson PeakE303 m6.6 mi
Bailey MountainSW299 m5.5 mi
Barlow MountainSW290 m2.9 mi
Thomas MountainNE286 m0.6 mi
West MountainSW285 m5.0 mi
Ned MountainWSW284 m2.9 mi
Seth Low MountainSW283 m3.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1715:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867727063524132
Precip in3.12.73.93.73.84.54.54.64.84.53.84.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 209066 — Moses Mountain, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359266343

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