Historic site · Connecticut
Butler Saw Mill
Butler Saw Mill is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Butler Grist Mill, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1829
How to reach it
Coordinates41.63941, -72.64622
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Old Forge Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Dinosaur State Park: 0.9 mi
- Old Maids Farm Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Balf's Bluffs Open Space: 1.4 mi
- Elm Ridge Park: 1.4 mi
Parks
- Watrous Park: 0.9 mi
- Center Green: 1.6 mi
- Dr. Barbara Orsini Surwilo Park: 1.7 mi
- Shipyard Park: 2.0 mi
- Ferry Landing Park: 2.0 mi
Museums
- Dinosaur State Park Exhibit Center: 1.0 mi
- Academy Hall Museum: 1.9 mi
- Rocky Hill Fire Museum: 1.9 mi
- Cromwell Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Welles-Shipman-Ward House: 3.1 mi
Artworks
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 4.2 mi
- Face in Tree: 5.2 mi
- First Tear: 5.6 mi
- Henry Clay Work Bust: 5.7 mi
- Home: 7.2 mi
Peaks
- Nooks Hill: 2.1 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.3 mi
- Hang-Dog Hill: 2.7 mi
- Red Hill: 3.4 mi
- Vexation Hill: 3.4 mi
Attractions: 59
- Come On Over Wall: 4.9 mi
- Constitution Oak: 5.0 mi
- Nathan Hall Quarry: 6.3 mi
- Hay Tedder: 7.6 mi
- Car Wreck: 7.9 mi
Historic sites: 56
- Butler Grist Mill: 0.1 mi
- Butler Sugden Dam & Sluiceway 1854: 0.3 mi
- Butler Shear Factory & Steven Toy Factory 1854-1870: 0.4 mi
- Bulkeley Corne Mill 1680-1830: 0.8 mi
- Billings Manufacturing 1884: 0.8 mi
Gardens: 56
- Cromwell Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Wethersfield Community Gardens: 5.0 mi
- Colonial Revival Garden: 5.0 mi
- Frank Weston Rose Garden: 5.0 mi
- Heritage Herb Garden: 5.0 mi
Waterfalls: 44
- Dividend Falls: 0.8 mi
- Carr Brook Falls: 3.9 mi
- Westfield Falls: 5.4 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 5.8 mi
- Glen Falls: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 21
- Crow Point: 4.9 mi
- Green Wall: 10.5 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 10.6 mi
- South Wall: 11.8 mi
- Solar Panel: 11.9 mi
Beaches: 8
- Lake Beseck Beach: 9.7 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 12.8 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 17.0 mi
- Boating Side: 20.4 mi
- Waterfront: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 7.7 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 14.1 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 14.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Gay City State Park: 12.2 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 13.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Picnic Grove: 20.5 mi
Springs: 1
- Windham Spring: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Butler Saw Mill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higby Mountain | SW 219° | 272 m | 7.8 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | E 97° | 265 m | 5.4 mi |
| Kongscut Mountain | ENE 62° | 234 m | 8.4 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | ESE 111° | 228 m | 5.6 mi |
| Great Hill | SE 131° | 222 m | 6.2 mi |
| Minnechaug Mountain | NE 49° | 215 m | 9.0 mi |
| Camels Hump | SW 216° | 207 m | 8.3 mi |
| Clark Hill | E 88° | 206 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3635502233
Day trips start here
- Connecticut River Valley · 17 mi
- East Windsor · 20 mi
- Tolland · 21 mi
- Willimantic · 23 mi
- Essex · 24 mi
- Storrs · 24 mi
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