Peak · Connecticut
Town Mountain
Town Mountain rises to 264 m in Connecticut. Titicus Mountain stands 313 m to the north-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain End, a peak 0.5 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31808750, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 264 m
How to reach it
Coordinates41.37176, -73.44262
- 14.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 26.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Mountain End: 0.5 mi
- Middle Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Town Hill: 0.8 mi
- Thomas Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Deer Hill: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
- Hearthstone Castle: 0.5 mi
- Lions Club: 0.9 mi
- War Memorial: 1.0 mi
- The Korean War Monument: 1.0 mi
- The Vietnam War Monument: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Old Quarry Nature Center: 0.6 mi
- Old Lantern Road Tract: 2.6 mi
- Stephenson Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Bogus Brook Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Davenport Easement: 2.8 mi
Museums
- Scott Fanton Museum: 0.7 mi
- Danbury Museum and Historical Society: 1.2 mi
- Putnam Memorial Park Museum: 3.8 mi
- Redding Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum: 7.1 mi
Parks
- Rogers Park Memorial Field: 0.8 mi
- Rogers Park: 0.8 mi
- Parloa Park: 1.2 mi
- Blind Brook Park: 1.3 mi
- Elmwood Park: 1.4 mi
Gardens: 51
- Children's Garden at Tarrywille Park: 0.7 mi
- Butterfly Maze: 0.7 mi
- Garden Of Ideas: 5.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 7.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 8.6 mi
Beaches: 51
- Twixt Hills Beach: 4.6 mi
- Mamanasco Beach: 5.8 mi
- South Beach: 7.3 mi
- North Beach: 7.8 mi
- Tonetta Lake Beach: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 32
- Saugatuck Falls: 4.7 mi
- Poverty Hollow Falls: 6.9 mi
- Sheep Falls: 8.7 mi
- Cascade: 8.7 mi
- Cascade: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 21
- Danbury Fair Mall Carousel: 2.1 mi
- 3-town marker: 7.7 mi
- Weir House: 7.9 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 11.0 mi
- Dynamite Storage Tunnel: 12.6 mi
Artworks: 18
- P.T. Barnum: 1.5 mi
- greek letter pi: 3.0 mi
- Lesser Evil: 3.1 mi
- Tonka Truck Tree: 7.3 mi
- Annunaki: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Beaver Brook Cliff Face: 4.3 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 11.3 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 11.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.8 mi
- Castle Rock: 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 10.8 mi
- Pell Hill: 10.9 mi
- Oak Grove: 11.0 mi
- Cedar Grove: 11.0 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 11.4 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Danbury Rest Area: 4.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.5 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.5 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Tongue Point Light: 19.8 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 20.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 23.3 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 23.3 mi
- Fog Signal House: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Dicktown: 18.7 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 20.4 mi
- Cuties Island: 23.5 mi
Springs: 1
- The Silver Spring: 8.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Bulls Bridge Road: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Town Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titicus Mountain | NNW 327° | 313 m | 6.4 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WSW 239° | 304 m | 2.7 mi |
| Cranson Peak | E 97° | 303 m | 5.5 mi |
| Bailey Mountain | SW 234° | 299.314 m | 7.0 mi |
| Moses Mountain | SW 236° | 296 m | 1.4 mi |
| Barlow Mountain | SW 223° | 290 m | 4.3 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | WSW 243° | 286 m | 0.8 mi |
| West Mountain | SW 223° | 285 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:44 | 16:28 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury Muni AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 212839 — Town Mountain, Western Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359272823
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- Ossining · 26 mi
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