Furnace Hill
Furnace Hill rises to 195 m in Connecticut. Lead Mine Hill stands 361 m to the west, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Howard Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 4.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807951, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 195 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 20.0 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 16.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 25.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Howard Hill: 0.6 mi
- Hiscox Hill: 0.6 mi
- Martin Hill: 1.1 mi
- Harrington Hill: 1.4 mi
- Lincoln Hill: 1.5 mi
- Black Pond Boat Launch (Woodstock): 1.5 mi
- Ivy Glen Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Bigelow Pond Boat Launch: 4.4 mi
- Mashapaug Lake Boat Launch: 5.0 mi
- Town Commons: 5.1 mi
- Kenyon Woods: 1.6 mi
- Hauser Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Crystal Pond Park: 2.4 mi
- Rocky Hill Refuge: 2.5 mi
- Pole Bridge Road Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Old Firetower Foundations: 3.7 mi
- Wolf Den Plaque: 8.5 mi
- Servant Square: 8.8 mi
- Southbridge Civil War Statue: 9.1 mi
- Southbridge Honor Roll: 9.1 mi
- Marcy Blacksmith Museum: 7.5 mi
- Aspinock Historical Society: 8.9 mi
- Thompson Historical Society: 10.8 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 10.9 mi
- Glazier Tavern: 11.0 mi
- Bigelow Brook Farm: 3.5 mi
- Frog Rock: 5.5 mi
- Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 5.6 mi
- Path Continues: 13.3 mi
- Wolf Rock: 14.7 mi
- Motion: 11.2 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 13.1 mi
- U’s and C’s: 13.1 mi
- Copper Tower: 13.1 mi
- Slip Edge Bis: 13.2 mi
- Small House Garden: 11.3 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 13.1 mi
- School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 13.2 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 13.3 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 5.8 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 10.1 mi
- Streeter Beach: 11.7 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 13.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 15.4 mi
- Cargill Falls: 8.6 mi
- Codfish Falls: 11.5 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 11.9 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 19.8 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 20.0 mi
- Coney Rock: 12.2 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 12.9 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 14.8 mi
- Woodward's Rock: 18.6 mi
- Flag Rock: 22.1 mi
- Bara-Hack: 5.6 mi
- Gay City State Park: 24.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 12.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 12.1 mi
- Picnic: 5.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 16.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Furnace Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Mine Hill | W 281° | 361 m | 5.8 mi |
| Coye Hill | NW 315° | 331 m | 3.7 mi |
| Walker Mountain | WNW 297° | 325 m | 3.6 mi |
| Hatchet Hill | N 356° | 313 m | 5.5 mi |
| Corbin Hill | NNW 343° | 289 m | 3.4 mi |
| Coatney Hill | ENE 76° | 283 m | 2.8 mi |
| Joe Margy Hill | ENE 61° | 281 m | 2.5 mi |
| Chandler Hill | WNW 295° | 278 m | 2.3 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 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| 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 | 26 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 49 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Southbridge 3 SW, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359278288
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