Sunset Ledge
Sunset Ledge is a cliff in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 833 m. Mount Ellen stands 1,234 m to the north, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Rock, a peak 1.5 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 3.2 miles off.
On a clear day, the full Adirondack range can be seen to the west.
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 19.3 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 22.5 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 25.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 11 mi
- Overlook View · 23 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls · 24 mi
- limited view southeast · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Prospect Rock: 1.5 mi
- Mount Abraham: 2.3 mi
- Mount Grant: 2.5 mi
- Little Abe: 2.6 mi
- Lincoln Peak: 2.7 mi
- Eagle Park: 5.9 mi
- Granville State Reservation: 6.2 mi
- Lord's Prayer Rock: 7.6 mi
- Mad River Green: 7.9 mi
- Sycamore Park: 8.3 mi
- Tower 5: 7.7 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 7.8 mi
- Silent Cliff: 10.7 mi
- Marble Ledge: 10.7 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 12.3 mi
- Camels Hump State Forest: 6.5 mi
- Deer Leap Natural Area: 7.4 mi
- Camels Hump State Forest: 8.0 mi
- Starksboro Town Forest: 9.3 mi
- Starksboro Town Forest: 9.6 mi
- Robert Frost Summer Home: 9.3 mi
- Grave of Timothy Clark Smith: 11.7 mi
- Honor Roll Hancock Vermont: 12.2 mi
- Court Square: 12.9 mi
- Frederick Douglass Launched The One Hundred Conventions: 12.9 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 9.9 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 11.3 mi
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge: 12.0 mi
- Slaughterhouse Covered Bridge: 14.6 mi
- Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 14.7 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 8.7 mi
- Sheldon Museum: 13.1 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 13.6 mi
- Norwich University Museum: 13.7 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 13.7 mi
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 13.4 mi
- King Kong: 13.5 mi
- Two Open Rectangles, Excentric, Variation VI: 13.5 mi
- Chaos Xaxis: 13.5 mi
- Youbie Obie: 13.5 mi
- Warren Falls: 3.2 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 6.2 mi
- Bartlett Falls: 6.5 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 8.7 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 8.7 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 3.8 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 8.7 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 13.2 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 24.4 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 24.9 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Accès rivière: 18.6 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 5.9 mi
- Lucky Seven: 7.6 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 9.8 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Sunset Ledge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ellen | N 359° | 1,234 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Abraham | N 349° | 1,223 m | 2.3 mi |
| Lincoln Peak | N 360° | 1,212 m | 2.7 mi |
| Cutts Peak | N 360° | 1,198 m | 4.5 mi |
| Little Abe | N 358° | 1,189 m | 2.6 mi |
| Bread Loaf Mountain | S 187° | 1,165 m | 6.0 mi |
| Nancy Hanks Peak | N 359° | 1,158 m | 3.1 mi |
| Mount Wilson | S 179° | 1,147 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:55 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:29 | 16:17 |
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 | 26 | 39 | 52 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 34 | 23 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lincoln, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3762831538
Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 9 mi
- Middlebury · 12 mi
- Hinesburg · 19 mi
- Charlotte · 22 mi
- Richmond · 22 mi
- Bolton Valley · 23 mi
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