Cliff · Vermont
The Ledge
The Ledge is a cliff in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 91 m. Bread Loaf Mountain stands 1,165 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bittersweet Falls, a waterfall 2.3 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 9.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 91 m
How to reach it
Coordinates43.99673, -73.22345
- 9.8 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 18.4 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 18.4 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 22.7 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
Overlooks nearby
- limited view southeast · 14 mi
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 26 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls · 26 mi
- Overlook View · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Saint George Hill: 2.7 mi
- Hamilton Hill: 3.2 mi
- Chipman Hill: 3.7 mi
- Hemingway Hill: 4.4 mi
- Wainwright Hill: 5.0 mi
Parks: 51
- Cannon Park: 2.9 mi
- Lazarus Park: 3.0 mi
- Middlebury Town Green: 3.0 mi
- Weybridge Cave State Park: 4.5 mi
- Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves: 37
- Battell Woods Natural Area: 3.7 mi
- Means Woods Natural Area: 3.9 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 7.9 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 8.1 mi
- Sheepshead Island: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 31
- Red Rock Pond: 5.1 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 5.2 mi
- Marble Ledge: 5.6 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 12.5 mi
- Silent Cliff: 14.6 mi
Historic sites: 23
- Middlebury to Her Soldiers: 3.0 mi
- Emma Willard Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Frederick Douglass Launched The One Hundred Conventions: 3.1 mi
- Court Square: 3.1 mi
- Carleton's Raid Monument: 4.7 mi
Museums: 19
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 2.4 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 2.5 mi
- Sheldon Museum: 2.9 mi
- Chimney Point Museum: 10.2 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Bittersweet Falls: 2.3 mi
- Middlebury Falls: 3.0 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 5.2 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 7.3 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 7.3 mi
Artworks: 12
- Bench and Table: 2.3 mi
- Smog: 2.4 mi
- Frisbee Dog: 2.4 mi
- Two-Way Mirror Curved Hedge Zig-Zag Labyrinth: 2.5 mi
- LOVE: 2.5 mi
Beaches: 6
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 11.9 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 12.0 mi
- Westport Beach: 16.6 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 17.1 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 21.6 mi
Covered bridges: 5
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 3.0 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 19.8 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 23.4 mi
- Gorham Covered Bridge: 23.8 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 23.9 mi
Attractions: 5
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 4.4 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 7.1 mi
- Nature preserve: 8.4 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 10.9 mi
- Star Trek Original Series Set Tours: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 11.9 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 12.0 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 12.1 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Footbridge Park: 24.1 mi
Gardens: 4
- Middlebury Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 13.3 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 13.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Robert Frost Wayside: 11.1 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 24.0 mi
Springs: 1
- Lucky Seven: 10.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of The Ledge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bread Loaf Mountain | E 88° | 1,165 m | 14.0 mi |
| Kirby Peak | E 99° | 934 m | 14.1 mi |
| Burnt Hill | E 101° | 918 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mount Moosalamoo | ESE 118° | 789 m | 9.8 mi |
| Robert Frost Mountain | E 79° | 735 m | 8.8 mi |
| Cobb Hill | ENE 78° | 701 m | 12.1 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | SE 126° | 698 m | 13.5 mi |
| South Mountain | NE 51° | 688 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356554650
Day trips start here
- Middlebury · 4 mi
- Crown Point · 11 mi
- Westport · 17 mi
- Charlotte · 22 mi
- Elizabethtown · 23 mi
- Essex · 23 mi
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