Balm of Gilead Beach
Balm of Gilead Beach is a beach in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 293 m. Bald Mountain stands 1,010 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Derby Town Forest, a nature reserve 1.6 miles away. Chemin des Cantons passes 6.0 miles off.
The story
beach in Orleans County, Vermont, United States
Wikidata Q49320103, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 293 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Chemin des Cantons, National
- 25.6 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 28.1 mi off the Route des Vins, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pv sur les collines · 19 mi
- Tour aux Oiseaux · 22 mi
- Belvédère · 24 mi
- Vue · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Elm Hill: 2.2 mi
- Sugar Hill: 2.2 mi
- Bates Hill: 2.2 mi
- Oliver Hill: 2.4 mi
- Salem Hill: 2.6 mi
- Derby Town Forest: 1.6 mi
- Derby Center Village Forest: 2.2 mi
- Derby Town Forest: 3.2 mi
- Black River Streambank: 8.7 mi
- Sentinel Rock State Park: 9.5 mi
- Charleston Historical Society Museum: 2.6 mi
- Holland Historical Society Museum: 4.7 mi
- Granit Central: 6.2 mi
- Old Stone House Museum: 6.5 mi
- Island Pond, Historical Society Museum: 13.0 mi
- Gardner Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
- Pomerleau Park: 5.3 mi
- Prouty Beach & Campground: 5.6 mi
- Portus Baxter Park: 5.9 mi
- Place Henry Seth Taylor: 6.1 mi
- Cercle de Pierre de Stanstead: 6.3 mi
- Pont Couvert Province-Hill: 14.8 mi
- Start-End Trail: 18.8 mi
- Circus Smirkus World Headquarters: 23.6 mi
- Kingdom Trails Nordic Adventure Center: 24.6 mi
- North Beach: 9.7 mi
- ROL Camp Beach: 10.0 mi
- South Beach: 14.3 mi
- Southwest Cove Beach: 14.4 mi
- Campers' Beach: 15.0 mi
- Crystal Lake State Park: 12.3 mi
- Long Trail Terminus: 19.9 mi
- War Memorial: 22.9 mi
- Lake Memphremagog Buffers: 6.6 mi
- Runaway Pond: 20.5 mi
- Lord's Creek Covered Bridge: 10.7 mi
- Island Pond Covered Footbridge: 12.9 mi
- Bald Hill: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Balm of Gilead Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | SSE 152° | 1,010 m | 11.9 mi |
| Middle Mountain | E 90° | 899 m | 13.2 mi |
| Goodwin Mountain | SSE 155° | 852 m | 11.0 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | ESE 110° | 850 m | 12.4 mi |
| Bluff Mountain (Low Summit) | ESE 106° | 846 m | 12.7 mi |
| Job Mountain | SSE 148° | 845 m | 12.8 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | SSE 158° | 845 m | 12.8 mi |
| Sykes Hill | ESE 101° | 794 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:22 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 19:54 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:22 | 16:10 |
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 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 45 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356557827
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