Brookfield Floating Bridge
Brookfield Floating Bridge is an attraction in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 389 m. Adams Mountain stands 978 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Climate Change Yacht Club, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
floating bridge across Sunset Lake in Brookfield, Vermont, United States
Wikidata Q7641302, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Structure
- floating
How to reach it
- 11.2 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 21.3 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 23.9 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 26.3 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 15 mi
- Overlook View · 22 mi
- Post Pond Overlook · 27 mi
- Sunset Viewing Spot · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Hill: 1.4 mi
- Lighthouse Hill: 3.8 mi
- Annis Hill: 4.0 mi
- Clark Hill: 4.3 mi
- Bixby Hill: 4.9 mi
- VTC Amillary VII Quad: 7.1 mi
- Lower Parade Ground/WCC Green: 7.2 mi
- Upper Parade Ground: 7.2 mi
- Randolph-Town Recreation Center: 8.7 mi
- Northfield Falls Park: 9.1 mi
- Williamstown Town Forest: 5.4 mi
- Washington Wildlife Management Area: 11.1 mi
- Cobb Town Forest: 14.6 mi
- Blanchard Park: 15.0 mi
- Hubbard Park: 15.8 mi
- Statue of Capt. Alden Partridge: 7.1 mi
- Monument to Heroic Deeds: 11.8 mi
- Robert Burns Memorial Statue: 11.9 mi
- War Memorial: 12.6 mi
- 1918 Spanish Flu Memorial: 12.8 mi
- Climate Change Yacht Club: 0.6 mi
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge: 6.8 mi
- Slaughterhouse Covered Bridge: 9.1 mi
- Northfield Falls Covered Bridge: 9.3 mi
- Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 9.3 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 12.3 mi
- Warren Falls: 13.4 mi
- Upper Old City Falls: 16.1 mi
- Lower Old City Falls: 16.1 mi
- Texas Falls: 16.5 mi
- Norwich University Museum: 7.1 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 7.1 mi
- Randolph Historical Society Museum: 8.8 mi
- Vermont Granite Museum: 12.4 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 14.9 mi
- Eagle Ledge: 15.7 mi
- Eagle Ledge: 15.9 mi
- Lasso Ledge: 16.1 mi
- Sunset Ledge: 16.3 mi
- Silent Cliff: 18.5 mi
- Flint Covered Bridge: 9.7 mi
- Larkin Covered Bridge: 10.8 mi
- Mill Covered Bridge: 11.8 mi
- Cilley Covered Bridge: 12.1 mi
- Howe Covered Bridge: 13.4 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 13.9 mi
- White River Swimming Spot: 15.8 mi
- Treasure Island Beach: 21.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 23.2 mi
- Boulder Beach: 23.5 mi
- Big Frog: 7.0 mi
- Whale Dance: 7.0 mi
- Beavin & Sons: 14.4 mi
- Vermontasaurus: 20.7 mi
- Kettle Pond State Park: 22.9 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 20.8 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center - Sharon: 23.5 mi
- South Royalton Community Garden: 16.2 mi
- Lucky Seven: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Brookfield Floating Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams Mountain | W 271° | 978 m | 10.1 mi |
| Rice Mountain | W 276° | 928 m | 9.8 mi |
| Braintree Mountain | SW 235° | 914 m | 10.9 mi |
| Skidoo Mountain | SW 232° | 884.2 m | 11.1 mi |
| Twin Peaks | SW 229° | 882.7 m | 11.4 mi |
| Scrag Mountain | NW 313° | 876 m | 11.5 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | WNW 302° | 829 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Cushman | SW 219° | 828 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:25 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:53 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:28 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 18 | 27 | 40 | 52 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 23 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chelsea 2 NW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/231794258
Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 15 mi
- Fairlee · 25 mi
- Norwich · 26 mi
- Middlebury · 27 mi
- Hanover · 28 mi
- Bolton Valley · 29 mi
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