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Colburn Hill

Colburn Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Colburn Hill rises to 287 m in Connecticut. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east-northeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Staffordville Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 13 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31807830, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
287 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.00371, -72.26286

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Staffordville Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 1.8 mi
  • Town Hall Park: 1.9 mi
  • Furnace Hollow Square Park: 1.9 mi
  • Heritage Park: 3.4 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 6.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.4 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 9.0 mi
  • Goat Rock: 9.6 mi
  • SSG 102: 11.0 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 57
Artworks: 34
Gardens: 30
  • Wilbraham Community Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Small House Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 11.2 mi
  • sensory garden: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Cascade: 5.0 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Cascades: 13.3 mi
  • Cascades: 13.3 mi
Beaches: 9
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 4
  • Windham Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Rd: 24.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 24.1 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 9.3 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 18.1 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Colburn Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillENE 72°396 m2.9 mi
Mount PisgahNNE 14°379 m5.3 mi
Bald HillESE 121°371 m4.0 mi
Stickney HillE 100°371 m4.2 mi
Snow HillSE 142°362 m4.4 mi
Lead Mine HillSE 126°361 m4.9 mi
Mount HitchcockN 2°356 m5.6 mi
Hedgehog HillSE 140°354 m2.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1419:4620:29
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1515:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 206360 — Colburn Hill, Capitol County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359261949

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