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
- 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
- Centennial Watershed State Forest: 0.8 mi
- Yoakum Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Oak Hill Park: 2.5 mi
- Town Grove: 3.0 mi
- Appalachian Trail Scenic Open Space: 3.1 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
- 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
- Riga Falls: 2.0 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 4.8 mi
- Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 5.2 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 5.6 mi
- Great Falls: 6.2 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
- Old Dutch Village Garden Club: 19.8 mi
- Heritage Garden: 20.4 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 20.9 mi
- The Anna Jones Meditation Garden: 21.7 mi
- Bard Community Garden: 21.8 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 4.7 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 4.8 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 10.1 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 11.5 mi
- wings castle: 14.3 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
- Dudley Town: 14.4 mi
- Questing: 15.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 21.7 mi
- Hermit spring: 23.9 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 8.5 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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