Music Mountain
Music Mountain rises to 381 m in Connecticut. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the north-northeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Housatonic State Forest, a nature reserve 0.7 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 Q31808322, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 381 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: 1.4 mi
- Town Green: 3.5 mi
- Housatonic Meadows State Park: 5.6 mi
- Ivy Mountain State Park: 5.8 mi
- Trotta Field: 6.6 mi
- Cream Hill: 1.0 mi
- Howe Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Barrack Mountain-South Peak: 1.3 mi
- Hough Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Rugg Hill: 1.5 mi
- Housatonic State Forest: 0.7 mi
- Town Of Canaan: 2.0 mi
- Sycamore Field Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Belter Lime Rock Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Dean's Ravine Falls: 1.2 mi
- Pothole Falls: 3.1 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 4.2 mi
- Great Falls: 4.2 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 6.4 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 3.5 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 7.1 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 7.7 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 7.7 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 7.1 mi
- Dough Boy: 7.7 mi
- World War I Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Folly: 8.9 mi
- Lime Kiln: 9.1 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 5.6 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 5.9 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 6.8 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 12.6 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 13.5 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 13.1 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 13.8 mi
- Grand Staircase: 15.6 mi
- Pine Ledge: 16.1 mi
- The Beech: 16.9 mi
- Holland Beach: 12.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 15.6 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 16.5 mi
- East Beach: 23.0 mi
- County Beach: 23.2 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 18.7 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 20.6 mi
- Naked Lady: 20.7 mi
- Jean Widmark: 24.0 mi
- Diving Lady: 24.8 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 12.6 mi
- Hermit spring: 14.3 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 16.6 mi
- Big Spring: 16.7 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 14.7 mi
- Judea Garden: 16.1 mi
- Heritage Garden: 21.0 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 24.5 mi
- Dudley Town: 7.6 mi
- Questing: 14.8 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 14.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 24.2 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Music Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | NNE 16° | 584 m | 5.4 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | NE 35° | 528 m | 3.5 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | NE 41° | 521 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mohawk Mountain | SSE 168° | 513 m | 6.6 mi |
| Ivy Mountain | ESE 120° | 504 m | 5.9 mi |
| The Pinnacle | S 172° | 502 m | 6.5 mi |
| Red Mountain | SSE 161° | 499 m | 4.9 mi |
| The Matterhorn | ENE 58° | 498 m | 4.0 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 | 19:50 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 209155 — Music Mountain, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359266457
Day trips start here
- Monterey · 19 mi
- Berkshires · 20 mi
- Great Barrington · 20 mi
- Otis · 23 mi
- Stockbridge · 26 mi
- Blandford · 27 mi
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