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Picketts Ridge

Picketts Ridge, seen from above at true elevation

Picketts Ridge rises to 221 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the northwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sanford/Boughton, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808399, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
221 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.32510, -73.45290

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches: 59
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 3.9 mi
  • South Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 10.6 mi
  • North Beach: 10.9 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Garden Of Ideas: 3.7 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 3.8 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 3.8 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.4 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Saugatuck Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Cascade: 5.8 mi
  • Cascade: 5.8 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 6.2 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 4.1 mi
  • Weir House: 4.7 mi
  • 3-town marker: 5.6 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 12.0 mi
  • Earthplace: 12.8 mi
Artworks: 17
  • P.T. Barnum: 3.8 mi
  • greek letter pi: 6.1 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 6.4 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 6.4 mi
  • Annunaki: 8.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 8.3 mi
  • Pell Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 10.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 10.9 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 5.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 14.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 14.2 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 20.7 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 5.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNW 315°304 m2.5 mi
Cranson PeakENE 67°303 m6.5 mi
Bailey MountainW 260°299.314 m5.2 mi
Moses MountainNNW 345°296 m2.5 mi
Barlow MountainW 272°290 m2.4 mi
Thomas MountainN 356°286 m2.8 mi
West MountainWSW 249°285 m4.1 mi
Ned MountainWNW 295°284 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:4920:31
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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1943258 — Picketts Ridge, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359287629

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