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Red Mountain

Red Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Red Mountain rises to 329 m in Connecticut. Mohawk Mountain stands 513 m to the west, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Abeling Field, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Mountain in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America (GNIS ID = 210139).

Wikidata Q31808504, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
329 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.82232, -73.13317
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Bannon Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Major Besse Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sharon Avenue Park: 1.0 mi
  • Elise Besse Park: 1.2 mi
  • Donahue Playground: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 58
Historic sites: 57
Attractions: 49
  • Pinnacle Rock: 3.6 mi
  • 4 towns meet: 6.1 mi
  • Hogan's Cider Mill: 7.1 mi
  • Boynton Butterfly Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Gagarin Grove: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 41
Artworks: 39
  • Bike Sculpture: 16.6 mi
  • Jean Widmark: 18.8 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 19.1 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 19.1 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 29
  • Hornet's Nest: 3.3 mi
  • Winsted Cliffs: 7.0 mi
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 8.8 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 10.1 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 28
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 5.7 mi
  • Judea Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Larry Kolp Community Gardens: 16.2 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 19.1 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 5.5 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 11.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 13.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Southington Rest Area: 20.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mohawk MountainW513 m8.4 mi
Ivy MountainNW504 m5.8 mi
The PinnacleW502 m8.9 mi
Red MountainWNW499 m8.3 mi
Dennis HillNNW496 m9.4 mi
Sedgwick MountainWNW495 m8.2 mi
Brass MountainWNW491 m5.9 mi
Bartholomew HillWNW484 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:4920:32
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:1715:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465765706861493930
Precip in3.93.54.64.44.14.94.34.85.05.44.25.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersville, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 210139 — Red Mountain, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359268044

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