Peak Mountain
Peak Mountain rises to 177 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the west, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine, a museum 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 17 miles off.
The story
Peak Mountain, also called Copper Mountain, est. 730 feet (220 m), is a traprock mountain located in East Granby, Connecticut, 6 miles (10 km) south of the Massachusetts border and 6 miles west of the Connecticut River. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, Connecticut, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. Peak Mountain is known for its expansive views from 200 feet (61 m) high cliffs overlooking the historic Old Newgate Prison, Congamond Lake, and the Salmon Brook Valley of north-central Connecticut. The mountain is also known for its microclimate ecosystems, rare plant communities, and as a seasonal raptor migration path. It is traversed by the 51-mile (82 km) Metacomet Trail.
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Wikidata Q3373819, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 177 m
How to reach it
- 17.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 20.3 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine: 0.4 mi
- New England Air Museum: 2.6 mi
- Salmon Brook Historical Society: 2.8 mi
- Tobacco Museum: 4.5 mi
- King House Museum: 4.5 mi
- Round Hill: 1.6 mi
- Duncaster Hill: 2.0 mi
- Hatchett Hill: 2.2 mi
- Taintor Hill: 2.4 mi
- Manitook Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Newgate State Wildlife Area: 1.2 mi
- Granbrook Park: 2.5 mi
- Sunrise Park: 2.7 mi
- Bazin N. Bruce Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
- Daniel K. Christian Field: 3.2 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 3.2 mi
- Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 4.0 mi
- E. Alexander Bergstrom: 4.5 mi
- Ian Clark Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Town Open Space (76 East Granby Road): 1.9 mi
- Suffield Land Conservancy: 1.9 mi
- Town Open Space (Round Hill Road Parcel A): 2.1 mi
- Town Open Space (Round Hill Road Parcel B): 2.1 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 8.5 mi
- Cow: 8.6 mi
- Freedom Eagle: 9.8 mi
- Cow Mermaid Statue: 9.9 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 10.3 mi
- A-3B "Skywarrior": 2.5 mi
- C-7A "Caribou": 2.5 mi
- HU-16E "Albatross": 2.5 mi
- Smaug's Lair sign: 2.8 mi
- Manure Spreader: 4.5 mi
- Back Garden: 4.2 mi
- Front Garden: 4.2 mi
- Azalea Garden: 4.2 mi
- Side Garden: 4.2 mi
- Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 4.7 mi
- Carpenter's Falls: 5.9 mi
- Northgate Falls: 6.5 mi
- Westledge Trail Cascades: 6.7 mi
- Beach Brook Falls: 6.8 mi
- Enders Falls: 7.0 mi
- Hart Meadow: 12.6 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 12.6 mi
- Garden Wall: 12.7 mi
- Superstructure: 13.6 mi
- Solar Panel: 13.7 mi
- Babbs Beach: 4.9 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 7.3 mi
- Holland Beach: 18.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.9 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 20.0 mi
- Big Spring: 13.5 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 13.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 17.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 17.7 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 8.6 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 14.8 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Peak Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mountain | W 275° | 421 m | 9.8 mi |
| Winchell Mountain | NW 309° | 403 m | 10.8 mi |
| Washington Hill | W 268° | 359 m | 9.0 mi |
| Ratlum Mountain | WSW 244° | 358 m | 10.9 mi |
| South Mountain | NW 311° | 357 m | 9.0 mi |
| Drake Mountain | NNW 333° | 350 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bad Luck Mountain | NW 321° | 347 m | 10.6 mi |
| Sodom Mountain | NW 325° | 326 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 27 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359267339
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 10 mi
- Longmeadow · 10 mi
- Somers · 15 mi
- Blandford · 18 mi
- Hampden · 18 mi
- Holyoke · 18 mi
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