Burley Hill
Burley Hill rises to 396 m in Connecticut. Mount Pisgah stands 379 m to the north-northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Staffordville Rod and Gun Club, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 10 miles off.
The story
Burley Hill is a 1,316-foot (401 m) hill in Union, Connecticut. It is the highest point in Tolland County and the highest point in eastern Connecticut. It is one of Connecticut's highest named summits and it ranks 6th in the state for prominence at 669 feet (204 m). It is the most isolated peak in Connecticut and ranks 47th out of 50 for separation. The nearest summit above 1316' is 1387' Asnebumskit Hill in Massachusetts, 25.2 miles (40.6 km) away.
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Wikidata Q4999151, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 396 m
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 24.6 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 27.8 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 22.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Staffordville Rod and Gun Club: 0.9 mi
- Camp Pomeraug: 3.1 mi
- Roaring Brook Campground: 3.8 mi
- Roaring Brook Woodlands: 3.9 mi
- Satkowski Farm Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Stickney Hill: 2.1 mi
- Moss Hill: 2.8 mi
- Colburn Hill: 2.9 mi
- Bald Hill: 3.0 mi
- Hedgehog Hill: 3.1 mi
- Staffordville Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
- Morey Pond Boat Launch: 3.6 mi
- Mashapaug Lake Boat Launch: 4.2 mi
- Bigelow Pond Boat Launch: 4.5 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 4.7 mi
- Old Firetower Foundations: 4.9 mi
- Eli's Rock: 8.0 mi
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 8.9 mi
- 250th Anniversary Tree: 9.1 mi
- Sturbridge Honor Roll Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Path Continues: 5.6 mi
- Path Continues: 5.6 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 8.0 mi
- SSG 102: 11.4 mi
- Path Continues: 11.5 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 5.7 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 6.6 mi
- Keep Homestead Museum: 8.1 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 10.1 mi
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 12.3 mi
- Motion: 11.4 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 14.5 mi
- Catch I, II, III: 14.6 mi
- The Arc: 14.6 mi
- Crisscross XVI: 14.6 mi
- Small House Garden: 8.4 mi
- Herb Garden: 8.5 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 11.5 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 13.3 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Cascade: 7.9 mi
- Codfish Falls: 13.4 mi
- Cascades: 14.7 mi
- Cascades: 14.7 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 15.9 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 2.9 mi
- Streeter Beach: 7.6 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 9.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 10.3 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 12.0 mi
- Coney Rock: 15.3 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 15.6 mi
- Indian Leap: 17.4 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 17.8 mi
- Flag Rock: 19.9 mi
- Bara-Hack: 13.9 mi
- Enfield: 22.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 23.4 mi
- Greenwich: 24.1 mi
- Picnic: 6.5 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.8 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.1 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.7 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.7 mi
- Windham Spring: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Burley Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pisgah | NNW 340° | 379 m | 4.5 mi |
| Stickney Hill | SE 142° | 371 m | 2.1 mi |
| Bald Hill | SSE 169° | 371 m | 3.0 mi |
| Snow Hill | S 181° | 362 m | 4.3 mi |
| Lead Mine Hill | SSE 162° | 361 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Hitchcock | NNW 331° | 356 m | 5.4 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | SSW 204° | 354 m | 3.1 mi |
| Tupper Hill | WNW 288° | 352 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:36 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205845 — Burley Hill, Northeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut.
OpenStreetMap element node/359260907
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