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Thomas Mountain

Thomas Mountain, a peak in Connecticut
Thomas Mountain, a peak in ConnecticutBrianegge · CC0

Thomas Mountain rises to 286 m in Connecticut. Titicus Mountain stands 313 m to the north-northwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4844178

Wikidata Q31808716, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
286 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.36621, -73.45707

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Parks
Gardens: 50
  • Butterfly Maze: 1.0 mi
  • Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 1.0 mi
  • Garden Of Ideas: 4.6 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 49
  • Twixt Hills Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Mamanasco Beach: 4.9 mi
  • South Beach: 7.6 mi
  • North Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Tonetta Lake Beach: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Saugatuck Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Poverty Hollow Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Cascade: 8.5 mi
  • Cascade: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 1.6 mi
  • Weir House: 7.5 mi
  • 3-town marker: 7.8 mi
  • Watchtower Educational Center: 10.9 mi
  • Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 13.1 mi
Artworks: 14
  • P.T. Barnum: 2.3 mi
  • greek letter pi: 3.3 mi
  • Lesser Evil: 3.8 mi
  • Tonka Truck Tree: 7.7 mi
  • Annunaki: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 9
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 10.0 mi
  • Pell Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 11.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.6 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 11.9 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Danbury Rest Area: 3.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.1 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.6 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 18.7 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 8.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Thomas Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Titicus MountainNNW 334°313 m6.3 mi
Pine MountainWSW 237°304 m1.9 mi
Cranson PeakE 92°303 m6.2 mi
Bailey MountainSW 233°299.314 m6.2 mi
Moses MountainSW 227°296 m0.6 mi
Barlow MountainSW 218°290 m3.5 mi
West MountainSW 220°285 m5.6 mi
Ned MountainWSW 249°284 m3.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2119:5020:31
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 212841 — Thomas Mountain, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359272831

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