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Leadmine Mountain Conservation Area

Leadmine Mountain Conservation Area from directly overhead

Leadmine Mountain Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 264 m. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the southwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Heins Farm Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 6.9 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Sturbridge Trails Committee
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.09316, -72.11220

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Leadmine Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Janes Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Blake Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Shepard Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Fiske Hill: 2.6 mi
Parks
  • Village Common: 1.2 mi
  • Centennial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Town Common: 2.0 mi
  • Cedar Pond Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
  • Walcott Street Playground: 3.5 mi
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 5.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 41
Museums: 39
Gardens: 19
Beaches: 13
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cascade: 14.8 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Cascades: 21.3 mi
  • Cascades: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic: 5.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 16.7 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 16.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Leadmine Mountain Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillSW 223°396 m7.2 mi
Mount PisgahW 261°379 m6.6 mi
Stickney HillSSW 208°371 m7.8 mi
Steerage RockWNW 301°367 m6.7 mi
Mount HitchcockW 266°356 m7.6 mi
Moss HillWSW 242°341 m8.4 mi
Tower HillNW 314°336 m6.3 mi
Rattlesnake MountainWSW 254°335 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1319:4620:29
September equinox06:3618:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3516:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465766716962504131
Precip in3.73.24.34.33.53.94.04.44.14.83.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Brimfield Lake, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1227060783

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