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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.

The story

mountain in Connecticut, United States of America

Wikidata Q31808808, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
305 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.89732, -72.87371

Named places within 25 miles

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
Museums
Historic sites
  • Dorothy Auerbach Schiro: 4.5 mi
  • Zygmunt Sacharko stone: 5.1 mi
  • Veeder Cabin Site: 5.4 mi
  • Jones Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • Daniel Hill Guilmartin: 5.9 mi
Waterfalls: 52
Attractions: 52
  • 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: 49
  • Southwick Community Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Herb Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Shade Garden: 9.9 mi
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: 7
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Hermit spring: 9.2 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 20.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Southington Rest Area: 22.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of West Ledge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine MountainNNW 331°421 m5.8 mi
Booth HillNNW 331°411 m9.9 mi
Center HillNW 316°393 m8.4 mi
Morrison HillNNW 336°370 m9.5 mi
Cotton HillSW 236°360 m10.5 mi
Washington HillNNW 332°359 m4.4 mi
Ratlum MountainWSW 258°358 m2.9 mi
South MountainN 0°357 m10.2 mi

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 5080 °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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/359271905

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