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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

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Coordinates41.77337, -72.74516
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • 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
Peaks
Gardens
  • 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
Museums
Attractions
Waterfalls
  • 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
Artworks: 57
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: 11
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 11.4 miles of Old Grist Mill Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West LedgeNW 322°305 m10.8 mi
Barnes HillW 276°283 m10.8 mi
Talcott MountainNW 314°276 m3.8 mi
Taine MountainW 266°268 m8.8 mi
Wildcat MountainW 261°262 m10.0 mi
East HillNW 305°261 m9.4 mi
Rattlesnake HillWNW 298°257 m10.0 mi
Onion MountainNW 311°253 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

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