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Furnace Hill

Furnace Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates41.94565, -72.07369

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Attractions: 60
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 3.5 mi
  • Frog Rock: 5.5 mi
  • Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 5.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 13.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 13.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 34
Artworks: 28
Gardens: 19
  • Small House Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 13.1 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Cargill Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Cascades: 14.2 mi
  • Cascades: 14.2 mi
Beaches: 13
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 12.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 5.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lead Mine HillW 281°361 m5.8 mi
Coye HillNW 315°331 m3.7 mi
Walker MountainWNW 297°325 m3.6 mi
Hatchet HillN 356°313 m5.5 mi
Corbin HillNNW 343°289 m3.4 mi
Coatney HillENE 76°283 m2.8 mi
Joe Margy HillENE 61°281 m2.5 mi
Chandler HillWNW 295°278 m2.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1419:4620:28
September equinox06:3618:1118:47
December solstice07:1415:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735465766706962494031
Precip in4.13.54.64.43.74.44.34.44.25.04.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Southbridge 3 SW, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359278288

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