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Pond Ledge Hill

Pond Ledge Hill, a peak in Connecticut
Pond Ledge Hill, a peak in ConnecticutJlynch88 hc19 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pond Ledge Hill rises to 151 m in Connecticut. Cotton Hill stands 360 m to the west, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 26 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31808438, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
151 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.81177, -72.87482

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites: 56
  • Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 3.7 mi
  • Newton C. Brainard: 4.6 mi
  • Kathy Ebersold plaque: 5.3 mi
  • Asa Spaulding Porter: 5.6 mi
  • Vincent H. Core Memorial: 5.8 mi
Artworks: 53
Gardens: 53
  • Perennial Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Shade Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Primary Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Jessie's Community Garden: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 52
  • Wreck: 1.0 mi
  • 1780s dam site: 3.4 mi
  • Swimming Pool: 3.6 mi
  • The Carrals: 3.6 mi
  • Kettles: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 44
Cliffs: 26
  • Hart Meadow: 4.4 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 4.4 mi
  • Garden Wall: 4.4 mi
  • Superstructure: 4.9 mi
  • Solar Panel: 4.9 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 4
  • Hermit spring: 9.9 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 12.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Southington Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.1 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Grove: 15.1 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Pond Ledge Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cotton HillW360 m8.7 mi
Ratlum MountainNNW358 m6.0 mi
Johnnycake MountainWSW354 m7.3 mi
West HillWNW328 m8.7 mi
Breezy HillNW327 m5.5 mi
Pine ConeN323 m9.5 mi
Ragged MountainNW311 m9.9 mi
Yellow MountainWNW310 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4820:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936485968737164524233
Precip in3.73.44.24.34.24.84.45.15.05.73.94.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359267679

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