Cliff · Vermont
Red Rock Pond
Red Rock Pond is a cliff in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 370 m. Robert Frost Mountain stands 735 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Snake Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 7.4 miles off.
Views west to the Adirondack Mountains from the cliffs beside Red Rock Pond.
How to reach it
Coordinates44.05842, -73.28062
- 7.4 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 14.4 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 19.2 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 20.3 mi off the Mad River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- limited view southeast · 10 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls · 22 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 23 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Snake Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Saint George Hill: 4.8 mi
- Hamilton Hill: 5.1 mi
- Buck Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Chipman Hill: 6.3 mi
Cliffs
- The Ledge: 5.1 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 5.4 mi
- Marble Ledge: 7.2 mi
- Scotch Bonnet: 10.2 mi
- Barn Rock Cliff: 11.4 mi
Parks: 54
- Weybridge Cave State Park: 3.8 mi
- Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.4 mi
- Lazarus Park: 6.4 mi
- Cannon Park: 6.4 mi
- Middlebury Town Green: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves: 36
- Means Woods Natural Area: 7.1 mi
- Battell Woods Natural Area: 7.1 mi
- Cole Island: 9.0 mi
- Putnam Creek Fishing Access: 10.3 mi
- Sheepshead Island: 10.6 mi
Historic sites: 22
- Carleton's Raid Monument: 1.9 mi
- Emma Willard Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Middlebury to Her Soldiers: 6.4 mi
- Frederick Douglass Launched The One Hundred Conventions: 6.4 mi
- Court Square: 6.5 mi
Museums: 19
- Sheldon Museum: 6.3 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 6.4 mi
- Chimney Point Museum: 7.2 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 7.6 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 17
- Bittersweet Falls: 3.7 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 5.4 mi
- Middlebury Falls: 6.4 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 9.9 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 9.9 mi
Artworks: 13
- Smog: 5.9 mi
- Bench and Table: 6.0 mi
- Youbie Obie: 6.0 mi
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 6.1 mi
- King Kong: 6.1 mi
Attractions: 10
- Nature preserve: 4.2 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 8.3 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 11.4 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 15.1 mi
- Star Trek Original Series Set Tours: 16.2 mi
Beaches: 7
- Port Henry Village Beach: 8.6 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 8.8 mi
- Westport Beach: 11.5 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 19.3 mi
- Shelburne Beach: 21.0 mi
Covered bridges: 5
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 5.6 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 19.0 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 21.3 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 22.2 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 24.4 mi
Gardens: 4
- Middlebury Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 15.8 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 15.8 mi
- Formal Garden: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Powerhouse Park: 8.5 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 8.9 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 8.9 mi
- Footbridge Park: 19.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Robert Frost Wayside: 15.3 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 21.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Lucky Seven: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Red Rock Pond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Frost Mountain | ESE 103° | 735 m | 11.8 mi |
| South Mountain | ENE 76° | 688 m | 11.8 mi |
| Bald Peak | WNW 287° | 624 m | 11.0 mi |
| Barton Mountain | WNW 282° | 574 m | 12.8 mi |
| Belfry Mountain | WNW 282° | 564 m | 13.5 mi |
| Deer Leap Mountain | ENE 63° | 561 m | 12.2 mi |
| Moore Mountain | WNW 296° | 551 m | 12.1 mi |
| Harper Mountain | WNW 303° | 510 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:31 | 16:18 |
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 | 18 | 20 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cornwall, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3762836083
Day trips start here
- Middlebury · 8 mi
- Crown Point · 11 mi
- Westport · 12 mi
- Charlotte · 18 mi
- Elizabethtown · 18 mi
- Essex · 18 mi
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