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Burnt Hill

Burnt Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Burnt Hill rises to 135 m in Connecticut. South Mountain stands 313 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Town of Farmington Property, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

mountain in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807717, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
135 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.73732, -72.78204
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Buena Vista Recreational Complex: 0.9 mi
  • Wolcott Park: 1.7 mi
  • Eagle Lantern Open Space: 2.3 mi
  • Farmington Club: 2.5 mi
  • Fernridge Park: 2.5 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Asa Spaulding Porter: 2.2 mi
  • Nature Center Ruins: 2.6 mi
  • Noah Webster Statue: 2.6 mi
  • West Hartford Veterans Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Lamuel Haynes Memorial: 2.7 mi
Attractions
Waterfalls
  • Mill Pond Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 7.1 mi
  • Whigville Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Seven Steps Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Fetzer Falls: 9.1 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Wolcott Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 3.3 mi
  • 5-Sense Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Jessie's Community Garden: 3.3 mi
Artworks: 45
Cliffs: 19
  • South Wall: 2.2 mi
  • Solar Panel: 2.2 mi
  • Superstructure: 2.3 mi
  • Garden Wall: 3.1 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 3.2 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 16.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 19.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.8 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 19.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 15.2 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Burnt Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainSW 234°313 m10.5 mi
Scranton MountainW 280°300 m9.7 mi
Mount HopeW 261°297 m9.9 mi
Barnes HillWNW 292°283 m9.6 mi
Talcott MountainN 351°276 m5.2 mi
Chippens HillWSW 257°269 m10.5 mi
Taine MountainWNW 285°268 m7.1 mi
Wildcat MountainW 276°262 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1719:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205859 — Burnt Hill, Capitol County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359260923

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