Thorpe Mountain
Thorpe Mountain rises to 518 m in Connecticut. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the north-northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Watershed State Forest, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 25 miles off.
The story
mountain in Connecticut, United States of America
Wikidata Q31808720, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 518 m
How to reach it
- 24.7 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Centennial Watershed State Forest: 0.8 mi
- Centennial Watershed State Forest: 1.0 mi
- Yoakum Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Centennial Watershed State Forest: 1.1 mi
- Centennial Watershed State Forest: 1.3 mi
- Bird Peak: 0.8 mi
- Mount Riga: 1.0 mi
- Bald Peak: 1.9 mi
- Brook Hill: 2.0 mi
- Lion's Head: 2.4 mi
- Bauer Park: 3.0 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 3.0 mi
- Cannon Park And Ballfield: 3.1 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Salisbury Village Open Space: 3.6 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 2.9 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 6.8 mi
- Gay-Holt House Museum: 7.9 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 8.5 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 8.5 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 4.1 mi
- Folly: 6.0 mi
- Lime Kiln: 7.1 mi
- Dough Boy: 8.6 mi
- War Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Riga Falls: 2.0 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 4.8 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 4.8 mi
- Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 5.2 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 5.6 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 14.5 mi
- Diving Lady: 14.9 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 16.0 mi
- Naked Lady: 16.2 mi
- Parliament of Reality: 21.5 mi
- Community Garden: 16.0 mi
- Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 19.8 mi
- Flower Gardens: 20.4 mi
- Herb Gardens: 20.4 mi
- Heritage Garden: 20.4 mi
- Grand Staircase: 18.3 mi
- Pine Ledge: 18.8 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 19.2 mi
- The Beech: 22.2 mi
- Winsted Cliffs: 22.2 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 4.7 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 4.8 mi
- trail parking: 9.7 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 10.1 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 11.5 mi
- East Beach: 13.1 mi
- West Beach: 13.7 mi
- Holland Beach: 21.1 mi
- South Landing: 22.9 mi
- West Landing: 22.9 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 8.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 14.4 mi
- Questing: 15.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 21.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 23.9 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 21.8 mi
- Saugerties Lighthouse: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Thorpe Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Everett | NNE 20° | 793 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Frissell | N 4° | 747 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Ashley | N 7° | 725 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Race | NNE 24° | 723 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NNE 24° | 708 m | 4.1 mi |
| Brace Mountain | N 356° | 706 m | 3.7 mi |
| South Brace Mountain | N 357° | 702 m | 3.4 mi |
| Round Mountain | N 8° | 695 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:51 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:41 | 16:26 |
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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359270375
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 16 mi
- Monterey · 19 mi
- Berkshires · 21 mi
- Stockbridge · 22 mi
- Lee · 25 mi
- Otis · 25 mi
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