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Round Mountain

Round Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Round Mountain rises to 189 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 304 m to the northeast, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Kiah's Brook Refuge, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America (GNIS ID = 210324)

Wikidata Q31808569, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
189 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.32332, -73.51266

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Pierrepont Pond Boat Launch: 0.2 mi
  • Mamanasco Lake Boat Launch: 0.7 mi
  • Mamanasco Cliffs: 1.0 mi
  • Limestone Preserve (3 Parcels): 1.0 mi
  • Limestone Preserve (3 Parcels): 1.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Ridgefield September 11 Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Settlers Rock: 2.2 mi
  • War Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Old stone wall: 3.7 mi
  • Reflecting Pool Ruins: 4.4 mi
Museums
Gardens: 56
  • Garden Of Ideas: 0.6 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Butterfly Maze: 5.0 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 5.0 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.5 mi
Beaches: 52
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 8.5 mi
  • South Beach: 10.9 mi
  • North Beach: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 24
Artworks: 22
  • Annunaki: 5.9 mi
  • P.T. Barnum: 6.1 mi
  • greek letter pi: 7.0 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 7.9 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 9.5 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Saugatuck Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Cascade: 6.6 mi
  • Cascade: 7.5 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 9.2 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 5.8 mi
  • Pell Hill: 6.0 mi
  • The Meadow: 13.8 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 13.8 mi
  • Oak Grove: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 4.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 14.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 14.2 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.9 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 4.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNE 34°304 m2.3 mi
Bailey MountainWSW 249°299.314 m2.1 mi
Moses MountainNE 44°296 m3.5 mi
Barlow MountainENE 75°290 m0.8 mi
Thomas MountainNE 44°286 m4.1 mi
West MountainSSW 209°285 m1.5 mi
Ned MountainNNW 348°284 m1.8 mi
Seth Low MountainN 353°283 m0.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2219:5020:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
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

OpenStreetMap element node/359268334

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