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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

Historic sites
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
Museums: 56
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 6.4 mi
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 9.0 mi
  • Goat Rock: 9.6 mi
  • SSG 102: 11.0 mi
  • Frog Rock: 14.4 mi
Artworks: 33
Gardens: 26
  • Wilbraham Community Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Tolland Youth Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Small House Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 13.3 mi
Beaches: 9
Waterfalls: 9
  • Codfish Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 17.0 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 19.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
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
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 19.4 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 HillENE396 m2.9 mi
Mount PisgahNNE379 m5.3 mi
Bald HillESE371 m4.0 mi
Stickney HillE371 m4.2 mi
Snow HillSE362 m4.4 mi
Lead Mine HillSE361 m4.9 mi
Mount HitchcockN356 m5.6 mi
Hedgehog HillSE354 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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