 It is one of thirteen peaks in Vermont with a topographic prominence over , ranked third behind Mansfield and Killington.Equinox is the second highest peak in southern Vermont, after Stratton Mountain.The Taconic Range ridgeline continues to the north from Equinox Mountain as Mother Myrick Mountain and south as Red Mountain; it is flanked to the west by Bennetts Ridge and Bear Mountain, also of the Taconic Range, and to the east by the western escarpment and plateau of the Green Mountains, across the Batten Kill valley.