Skiff Mountain
Skiff Mountain rises to 431 m in Connecticut. Ellsworth Hill stands 473 m to the north-northwest, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Skiff Mountain Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31808620, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 431 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ellsworth Hill: 0.8 mi
- Buck Hill: 2.0 mi
- Calebs Peak: 2.6 mi
- Flanders Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Cobble Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Bucksbaum Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Kent Green: 4.6 mi
- Kent Commons Park: 5.1 mi
- Housatonic Meadows State Park: 5.1 mi
- Town Green: 6.0 mi
- Skiff Mountain Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Skiff Mountain South Preserve: 1.2 mi
- D'Alton Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Wildwoods Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Audrey and Robert Tobin Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 3.8 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 6.1 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- Goshen Historical Society: 11.8 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 12.0 mi
- Lime Kiln: 7.1 mi
- Folly: 8.2 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 8.2 mi
- Mill Ruins: 9.3 mi
- Jim Hulton: 11.9 mi
- Kent Falls: 2.1 mi
- Hatch Brook Falls: 4.3 mi
- Pine Swamp Brook Falls: 6.5 mi
- New Preston Falls: 9.3 mi
- Marshepaug Falls: 10.2 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 8.2 mi
- Peter's Forge: 9.5 mi
- Gagarin Grove: 10.0 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 10.0 mi
- wings castle: 12.5 mi
- Grand Staircase: 5.0 mi
- Pine Ledge: 5.6 mi
- Kelly Slide: 14.5 mi
- Hornet's Nest: 16.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 17.5 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 13.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 13.5 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 15.4 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 15.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 18.3 mi
- Judea Garden: 9.5 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 15.3 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 15.8 mi
- Personal Gardens: 21.2 mi
- Gertrude Jekyll Garden: 21.3 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 20.8 mi
- Hermit spring: 21.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 24.7 mi
- Dudley Town: 5.0 mi
- Questing: 24.9 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 21.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.6 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 8.6 mi
- Jean Widmark: 17.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Skiff Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth Hill | NNW 337° | 473 m | 0.8 mi |
| Woodbury Mountain | E 85° | 464 m | 5.1 mi |
| Dudleytown Hill | E 83° | 461 m | 4.7 mi |
| Whitcomb Hill | E 92° | 459 m | 3.7 mi |
| Above All | SE 133° | 450 m | 6.6 mi |
| Peck Mountain | E 92° | 447 m | 5.5 mi |
| Hogshead | E 83° | 446 m | 6.6 mi |
| Sharon Mountain | NNE 21° | 445 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 210887 — Skiff Mountain, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359269543
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 28 mi
- Monterey · 29 mi
- Putnam County · 29 mi
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