Pistapaug Mountain
Pistapaug Mountain rises to 210 m in Connecticut. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the north, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Fowler Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 22 miles off.
The story
Pistapaug Mountain, also known as Paug Mountain, est. 700 feet (210 m), is a traprock mountain located 11 miles (18 km) northeast of New Haven, Connecticut. 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. Pistapaug Mountain is known for its rugged topography and bluff overlooks, unique microclimate ecosystems, and rare plant communities. It rises steeply 300 feet (91 m) above the Pistapaug Pond and the Quinnipiac River valley to the west. The mountain is traversed by the 50-mile (80 km) Mattabesett Trail.
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Wikidata Q3389257, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 210 m
How to reach it
- 22.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 29.1 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Open Space (Barnett Property): 1.6 mi
- Lane Pond Watershed Reserve Land: 1.9 mi
- Otte Meadows Durham CT Open Space: 2.2 mi
- Meyerhuber Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Quonnipaug Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- Marcus Cooke Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
- Quonnipaug Lake Boat Launch: 3.1 mi
- Guilford Town Park: 3.4 mi
- Durham Town Green: 4.0 mi
- Durham Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Wallingford Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Farming Museum: 6.1 mi
- Wadsworth Mansion: 7.8 mi
- Meriden Historical Society Museum & History Center: 8.1 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 5.8 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 8.2 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach: 11.6 mi
- Shell Beach: 11.7 mi
- Jacobs Public Beach: 11.8 mi
- Fowler Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Three Notches: 1.7 mi
- Trimountain: 1.9 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 2.8 mi
- Totoket Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Wallingford Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Lyman Orchards Sunflower Maze: 4.4 mi
- Erin Street Community Garden: 10.1 mi
- Memorial Garden: 10.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 10.8 mi
- Durham Volunteer Firefighters Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Durham War Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Wallingford World War I Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Wallingford Korean War Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Wallingford World War II Memorial: 4.5 mi
- snake: 3.7 mi
- First Tear: 9.5 mi
- Totem Pole: 9.6 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 9.8 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 11.3 mi
- Washington Trail monument: 1.5 mi
- Selectmen's Stones: 3.0 mi
- Dodge Dump Truck: 3.8 mi
- Bear Cave: 4.0 mi
- Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 6.7 mi
- Stair Brook Falls: 0.8 mi
- Spruce Glen Falls: 5.6 mi
- Wadsworth Falls: 6.9 mi
- Wadsworth Little Falls: 7.1 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 7.8 mi
- Bluff Head: 2.5 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 3.0 mi
- Chimney Corner: 12.8 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Pine Ledge: 14.6 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 2.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 18.6 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 19.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.0 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 22.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 14.6 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Pistapaug Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | N 359° | 272 m | 8.3 mi |
| Trimountain | N 2° | 232 m | 1.9 mi |
| Fowler Mountain | NNW 345° | 230 m | 0.8 mi |
| South Mountain | NNW 333° | 220 m | 9.7 mi |
| Beseck Mountain | N 355° | 219 m | 5.7 mi |
| Camels Hump | N 358° | 207 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Carmel | W 270° | 206 m | 8.0 mi |
| Goose Hill | E 85° | 201 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 209824 — Pistapaug Mountain, Lower Connecticut River Valley County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359267556
Day trips start here
- Essex · 19 mi
- Old Saybrook · 21 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 23 mi
- Old Lyme · 24 mi
- East Lyme · 27 mi
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