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West Ledge

West Ledge, seen from above at true elevation

West Ledge rises to 305 m in Connecticut. Pine Mountain stands 421 m to the north-northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Cathles Trail Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Connecticut, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31808808, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
305 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.89732, -72.87371
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Peaks
Parks
  • Meadow Pond: 1.5 mi
  • Simsbury Farms Recreation Complex: 2.0 mi
  • Stratton Brook State Park: 2.9 mi
  • West Mountain Park: 3.5 mi
  • Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
Historic sites: 54
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 5.1 mi
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 5.4 mi
  • Jones Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 5.9 mi
  • Farmington River Park Dedication 1995: 6.6 mi
Attractions: 51
  • Boehm house site: 1.9 mi
  • cellar hole: 3.3 mi
  • Manure Spreader: 3.7 mi
  • Drake High Road Bridge: 4.3 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 4.6 mi
Artworks: 50
  • Bike Sculpture: 4.6 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 8.6 mi
  • Cow: 9.5 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 10.3 mi
  • Painted Cow: 11.0 mi
Gardens: 44
  • Southwick Community Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Shade Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Primary Garden: 9.9 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 36
Cliffs: 26
  • Queen Mary Ledge: 5.9 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 8.8 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 8.8 mi
  • Garden Wall: 8.9 mi
  • Superstructure: 9.8 mi
Beaches: 9
Springs: 4
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Hermit spring: 9.2 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 20.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of West Ledge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW421 m5.8 mi
Booth HillNNW411 m9.9 mi
Center HillNW393 m8.4 mi
Morrison HillNNW370 m9.5 mi
Cotton HillSW360 m10.5 mi
Washington HillNNW359 m4.4 mi
Ratlum MountainWSW358 m2.9 mi
South MountainN357 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1719:4920:31
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1715:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635475867727063524030
Precip in3.73.24.24.04.04.94.54.34.85.23.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barkhamsted, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359271905

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