Skip to content
Byway
JoinOpen app
Historic site · Connecticut

Old Grist Mill Site

Old Grist Mill Site from directly overhead

Old Grist Mill Site is a historic site in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. West Ledge stands 305 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bugbee School Woods, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 29 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.77337, -72.74516
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions: 58
Artworks: 57
Gardens: 57
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 1.0 mi
  • 5-Sense Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Jessie's Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Primary Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Shade Garden: 1.0 mi
Historic sites: 56
  • West Hartford Veterans Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Lamuel Haynes Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Noah Webster Statue: 0.9 mi
  • Jessie's Community Gardens: 1.0 mi
  • Asa Spaulding Porter: 1.9 mi
Waterfalls: 44
  • Mill Pond Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 10.0 mi
  • Seven Steps Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Fetzer Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Dividend Falls: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Garden Wall: 2.8 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 2.9 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 2.9 mi
  • Superstructure: 2.9 mi
  • South Wall: 2.9 mi
Beaches: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 15.2 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 21.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 24.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 24.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Hermit spring: 17.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 18.1 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 19.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Old Grist Mill Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West LedgeNW305 m10.8 mi
Barnes HillW283 m10.8 mi
Talcott MountainNW276 m3.8 mi
Taine MountainW268 m8.8 mi
Wildcat MountainW262 m10.0 mi
East HillNW261 m9.4 mi
Rattlesnake HillWNW257 m10.0 mi
Onion MountainNW253 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13743456887

More historic sites in Connecticut

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore historic sites
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Old Grist Mill Site.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens