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Ragged Mountain

Ragged Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Ragged Mountain rises to 311 m in Connecticut. Riggs Hill stands 480 m to the west, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Peoples State Forest Nature Museum, a museum 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808485, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
311 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.92926, -72.98594

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Jones Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Hermit memorial: 5.2 mi
  • John R. Bierman: 7.7 mi
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 9.0 mi
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 53
  • Tunxis Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Enders Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Enders Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Enders Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Enders Falls: 5.9 mi
Attractions: 51
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 0.6 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 1.4 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 3.2 mi
  • 4 towns meet: 4.5 mi
  • cellar hole: 5.5 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Southwick Community Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Herb Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Shade Garden: 15.4 mi
Artworks: 48
  • Bike Sculpture: 10.5 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 14.4 mi
  • Cow: 15.7 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 16.4 mi
  • Painted Cow: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • Winsted Cliffs: 4.4 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 5.9 mi
  • The Beech: 10.6 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 10.6 mi
  • Space Invaders: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 6
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Hermit spring: 5.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 20.7 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Southington Rest Area: 25.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Ragged Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Riggs HillW 267°480 m9.5 mi
Flagg HillWNW 285°470 m8.9 mi
Bull MountainNNW 332°456 m9.3 mi
Platt HillWSW 252°443 m7.1 mi
Grant HillW 275°442 m8.9 mi
Panorama HillWNW 296°440 m6.1 mi
Johnson HillN 355°439 m7.7 mi
Burgess MountainNNW 340°438 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475867727063524030
Precip in3.73.24.24.04.04.94.54.34.85.23.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barkhamsted, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359267964

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