Mount Frissell
Mount Frissell rises to 747 m in Massachusetts. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the northeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Tri-State Marker, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 21 miles off.
The story
Mount Frissell is a 2,454-foot (748 m) mountain in the Taconic Range of the Northeastern United States. It is notable for featuring both a tripoint of the borders of southwest Massachusetts, northwest Connecticut, and eastern New York state, and the high point of Connecticut on its south slope. Frissell's summit and the majority of its slopes are within Massachusetts' Mount Washington State Forest. Its southern slopes are in Salisbury, Connecticut. The high-point marker for Connecticut is on the border with Massachusetts at 42.049633°N 73.483042°W / 42.049633; -73.483042, at an elevation of 2,379 feet (725 m) along the Mount Frissell Trail, making the hike a popular destination for state highpointers. The highest summit in Connecticut is Bear Mountain, about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) to the east-southeast of Mount Frissell. Mount Frissell is bordered by Round Mountain to the southeast, Mount Ashley to the north, and Brace Mountain to the west. It is traversed by the Mount Frissell Trail, which connects with the South Taconic Trail to the west and the Appalachian Trail to the east. The south side of Mount Frissell drains into Riga Lake and South Pond, then into Wachocostinook Brook, Salmon Creek, the Housatonic River, and Long Island Sound. The northwest side drains into Ashley Hill Brook, thence Bash Bish Brook, the Roeliff Jansen Kill, the Hudson River, and Upper New York Bay. The northeast side drains into Sages Ravine, thence into Schenob Brook, the Hubbard Brook, the Housatonic River, and Long Island Sound.
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Wikidata Q1950492, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 747 m
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Brace Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Mount Ashley: 0.8 mi
- South Brace Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Gridley Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Camp Hi-Rock: 2.4 mi
- Mount Riga State Park: 2.7 mi
- Plaintain Pond: 2.7 mi
- Appalachian Trail Scenic Open Space: 3.1 mi
- Town Open Space: 3.2 mi
- Garrett Garden and Green: 3.6 mi
- East Twin Lake Water Access: 5.0 mi
- Copake Town Park: 5.5 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Salisbury Village Open Space: 5.7 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 6.3 mi
- Sheffield Historical Society: 7.8 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 7.9 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 8.0 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 9.0 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 0.3 mi
- Copake Iron Furnace: 5.0 mi
- Dough Boy: 8.1 mi
- Battlesite Monument: 8.2 mi
- Folly: 10.2 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 10.7 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 11.9 mi
- Naked Lady: 12.2 mi
- Diving Lady: 12.9 mi
- Divine Mercy: 18.5 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 1.9 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 2.0 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 2.4 mi
- Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 2.9 mi
- Riga Falls: 3.4 mi
- Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- Flower Gardens: 17.3 mi
- Herb Gardens: 17.3 mi
- Heritage Garden: 17.3 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 18.4 mi
- trail parking: 5.9 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 6.8 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 8.2 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 8.3 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 10.1 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 15.3 mi
- The Beech: 21.3 mi
- Space Invaders: 21.3 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 21.3 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 21.3 mi
- East Beach: 11.7 mi
- West Beach: 12.4 mi
- Oakdale Beach: 20.6 mi
- Holland Beach: 22.2 mi
- South Landing: 22.9 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Questing: 12.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 18.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 22.8 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Mount Frissell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Everett | NE 36° | 793 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Ashley | NNE 26° | 725 m | 0.8 mi |
| Mount Race | NE 50° | 723 m | 3.3 mi |
| Bear Mountain | ESE 107° | 708 m | 1.5 mi |
| Brace Mountain | SW 229° | 706 m | 0.7 mi |
| South Brace Mountain | SSW 208° | 702 m | 1.0 mi |
| Round Mountain | ESE 119° | 695 m | 0.3 mi |
| Alander Mountain | NNW 336° | 680 m | 2.8 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 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copake, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 12 mi
- Monterey · 16 mi
- Stockbridge · 18 mi
- Berkshires · 19 mi
- Lee · 21 mi
- Otis · 22 mi
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