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Barnes Hill

Barnes Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Barnes Hill rises to 283 m in Connecticut. Walnut Mountain stands 400 m to the west-northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Burlington Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 28 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31807579, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
283 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.78982, -72.95427

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Little League Field: 1.5 mi
  • Browns Corner Recreation Area: 2.9 mi
  • Millennium Field: 3.2 mi
  • Collinsville V.F.D. Memorial Field: 3.4 mi
  • Town Open Space (Canton Spring Road): 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 2.1 mi
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 4.2 mi
  • Jones Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Sap Evaporator: 5.9 mi
  • Vincent H. Core Memorial: 6.0 mi
Museums
Gardens: 55
Attractions: 51
  • Hogan's Cider Mill: 3.0 mi
  • 1780s dam site: 3.3 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 3.4 mi
  • Wreck: 3.4 mi
  • Lamothe Sugar House: 3.8 mi
Artworks: 46
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 3.9 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 5.3 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 5.4 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 8.0 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 7.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 11.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 15.2 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.6 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 11.7 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Barnes Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walnut MountainWNW 299°400 m9.4 mi
Burr MountainNW 311°383 m9.1 mi
Cotton HillWNW 288°360 m4.8 mi
Ratlum MountainN 11°358 m7.0 mi
Johnnycake MountainSW 220°354 m3.2 mi
Scoville HillWSW 253°340 m7.6 mi
Hayden HillWNW 288°332 m6.7 mi
Red MountainWNW 284°329 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359259875

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