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Lead Mine Hill

Lead Mine Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Lead Mine Hill rises to 361 m in Connecticut. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the north-northwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Morey Pond Boat Launch, a park 0.5 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 9.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808167, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
361 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.96176, -72.18480

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Morey Pond Boat Launch: 0.5 mi
  • Bigelow Pond Boat Launch: 3.8 mi
  • Mashapaug Lake Boat Launch: 4.1 mi
  • Staffordville Recreation Area: 4.5 mi
  • Heritage Park: 5.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Bigelow Brook Farm: 4.1 mi
  • Frog Rock: 9.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.7 mi
  • Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 10.6 mi
Museums: 55
Artworks: 33
Gardens: 28
  • Mansfield Community Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Small House Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Schwenk Family Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 11.1 mi
  • School of Pharmacy Medicinal Garden: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Cascade: 8.7 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Cascades: 11.5 mi
  • Cascades: 11.6 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic: 6.5 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.6 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 7.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 7.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 16.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Lead Mine Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillNNW 342°396 m4.0 mi
Bald HillNW 323°371 m1.1 mi
Stickney HillN 2°371 m2.2 mi
Snow HillWSW 248°362 m1.4 mi
Hedgehog HillWNW 293°354 m2.7 mi
Tupper HillNW 317°352 m6.6 mi
Bear HillNW 321°347 m6.6 mi
Moss HillNW 324°341 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1419:4620:28
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1415:3616:21

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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 208418 — Lead Mine Hill, Northeastern Connecticut County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359265346

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