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Red Mountain

Red Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Red Mountain rises to 311 m in Connecticut. Bald Peak stands 588 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamlin Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 28 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808506, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
311 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.90843, -73.42484

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Mudge Pond Town Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Bauer Park: 3.9 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 3.9 mi
  • Cannon Park And Ballfield: 4.0 mi
  • Veterans Field: 4.0 mi
Museums: 33
Historic sites: 30
  • Folly: 3.7 mi
  • Lime Kiln: 4.0 mi
  • Dough Boy: 9.5 mi
  • East Canaan Veterans Monument: 10.2 mi
  • Tri-State Marker: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 29
Attractions: 22
  • Town Hill Farm: 2.0 mi
  • Giant's Thumb: 4.9 mi
  • Beckley Furnace: 9.8 mi
  • wings castle: 13.9 mi
  • Gagarin Grove: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 16
Gardens: 8
  • Judea Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 18.0 mi
  • Innisfree Garden: 19.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Flower Gardens: 23.3 mi
Beaches: 7
Artworks: 5
  • Newsboy Statue: 19.1 mi
  • Liebowitz Letter: 20.8 mi
  • Naked Lady: 21.0 mi
  • Diving Lady: 21.2 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 24.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Hermit spring: 19.4 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 13.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald PeakNNW 344°588 m7.5 mi
Mount RigaNNW 339°534 m6.4 mi
Lion's HeadN 351°531 m6.9 mi
Thorpe MountainNNW 330°518 m6.5 mi
Bird PeakNNW 328°477 m5.7 mi
Howe MountainE 90°473 m6.4 mi
Titus MountainE 87°464 m7.2 mi
Cream HillE 96°452 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1919:5120:33
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1915:4116:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475866716962514030
Precip in3.02.63.43.33.94.84.84.44.74.73.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359268051

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