Mount Prospect
Mount Prospect rises to 443 m in Connecticut. Mount Frissell stands 747 m to the northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Inka's Woods Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 23 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808304, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 443 m
How to reach it
- 23.2 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Raccoon Hill: 0.6 mi
- Wetauwanchu Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Fink Hill: 1.5 mi
- Turnip Top: 1.7 mi
- Cave Hill: 1.8 mi
- Salisbury Village Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Trotta Field: 1.8 mi
- Town Green: 2.0 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Cannon Park And Ballfield: 3.0 mi
- Inka's Woods Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Hamlet Hill: 0.7 mi
- Winter Woodland: 1.4 mi
- Pope Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Town Of Canaan: 1.7 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 2.0 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 3.1 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 4.3 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 4.4 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 8.5 mi
- Dough Boy: 4.4 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 5.7 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 7.2 mi
- Folly: 7.7 mi
- Lime Kiln: 8.5 mi
- Great Falls: 1.3 mi
- Riga Falls: 4.1 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 4.6 mi
- Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 5.3 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 5.8 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 14.1 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 15.9 mi
- Naked Lady: 16.0 mi
- Diving Lady: 19.7 mi
- Divine Mercy: 21.6 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 0.6 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 3.9 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 5.2 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 10.1 mi
- Orchard City Millage Sign: 15.4 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 16.9 mi
- The Beech: 17.4 mi
- Space Invaders: 17.4 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 17.5 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 17.5 mi
- Heritage Garden: 18.0 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 20.2 mi
- Judea Garden: 20.7 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 21.7 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 22.3 mi
- Holland Beach: 15.8 mi
- East Beach: 18.1 mi
- West Beach: 18.8 mi
- Sandy Beach: 20.9 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 21.8 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 16.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 18.7 mi
- Big Spring: 19.7 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 20.1 mi
- Dudley Town: 12.0 mi
- Questing: 12.0 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 9.2 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Mount Prospect. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Frissell | NW 315° | 747 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Ashley | NW 321° | 725 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NW 322° | 708 m | 5.8 mi |
| Brace Mountain | NW 309° | 706 m | 7.1 mi |
| South Brace Mountain | NW 307° | 702 m | 6.8 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 316° | 695 m | 6.7 mi |
| Gridley Mountain | NW 315° | 668 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Plantain | NNW 329° | 626 m | 6.9 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 | 06:42 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359266406
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 15 mi
- Monterey · 16 mi
- Berkshires · 18 mi
- Otis · 21 mi
- Stockbridge · 22 mi
- Lee · 24 mi
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