Big Eddy Covered Bridge
Big Eddy Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 211 m. Camels Hump stands 1,243 m to the north-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Mad River Byway runs past it.
The story
The Great Eddy Covered Bridge, also called the Big Eddy Covered Bridge or Waitsfield Covered Bridge, is a wooden covered bridge that crosses the Mad River in Waitsfield, Vermont on Bridge Street. Built in 1833, it is one of Vermont's oldest covered bridges. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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Dates from 1833.
Wikidata Q5599100, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1833
How to reach it
- On the Mad River Byway
- 20.8 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 28.8 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 27.4 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 2 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls · 23 mi
- C Nature area · 27 mi
- Winooski River Walk · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mad River Green: 0.8 mi
- Upper Parade Ground: 8.8 mi
- Northfield Falls Park: 8.8 mi
- Lower Parade Ground/WCC Green: 8.8 mi
- Waterbury Dog Park: 10.2 mi
- Dana Hill: 2.0 mi
- Kew Hill: 2.8 mi
- Scrag Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Mount Waitsfield: 3.6 mi
- Hemlock Hill: 4.2 mi
- Tower 5: 4.9 mi
- Sunset Ledge: 8.7 mi
- Bog Wall: 11.8 mi
- Thieves' Wall: 11.9 mi
- Immunity Wall: 12.6 mi
- Huntington Gap Wildlife Manangement Area: 6.1 mi
- Camels Hump State Forest: 6.5 mi
- Camels Hump State Forest: 7.2 mi
- Duxbury Town Forest: 10.0 mi
- Starksboro Town Forest: 10.5 mi
- B-24J bomber crash memorial plaque: 8.8 mi
- Statue of Capt. Alden Partridge: 8.9 mi
- War Memorial: 15.5 mi
- Monument to Heroic Deeds: 16.0 mi
- Robert Burns Memorial Statue: 16.1 mi
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge: 8.2 mi
- Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 8.4 mi
- Slaughterhouse Covered Bridge: 8.5 mi
- Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 8.5 mi
- Northfield Falls Covered Bridge: 8.6 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 0.0 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 8.8 mi
- Norwich University Museum: 8.8 mi
- Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion: 13.1 mi
- Birds of Vermont Museum: 14.4 mi
- Beavin & Sons: 13.6 mi
- Whale Dance: 19.7 mi
- Big Frog: 20.3 mi
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 21.4 mi
- King Kong: 21.4 mi
- Warren Falls: 6.8 mi
- Bartlett Falls: 11.9 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 11.9 mi
- Huntington Gorge: 14.3 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 16.9 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 5.7 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 20.9 mi
- Martin Covered Bridge: 21.6 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 23.9 mi
- Flint Covered Bridge: 24.6 mi
- Accès rivière: 9.9 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 22.9 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 21.5 mi
- Finney Crossing Apartments Community Garden: 23.0 mi
- Williston Community Garden: 23.1 mi
- South Burlington Community Gardens: 24.6 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 18.4 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 21.1 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 21.2 mi
- Lucky Seven: 16.3 mi
- Big Spring: 24.9 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 3.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Big Eddy Covered Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camels Hump | NNW 341° | 1,243 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Ellen | WSW 249° | 1,234 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Abraham | SW 230° | 1,223 m | 7.3 mi |
| Lincoln Peak | SW 230° | 1,212 m | 6.7 mi |
| Cutts Peak | WSW 245° | 1,198 m | 5.7 mi |
| Little Abe | SW 230° | 1,189 m | 6.9 mi |
| Nancy Hanks Peak | SW 233° | 1,158 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Ethan Allen | NNW 338° | 1,120 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:25 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:55 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 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 | 19 | 21 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 36 | 26 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waitsfield 2 SE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 74000261OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Great Eddy Covered Bridge, reference 74000261, listed 09/06/74.
OpenStreetMap element way/1021021649
Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 0 mi
- Bolton Valley · 16 mi
- Hinesburg · 17 mi
- Richmond · 17 mi
- Middlebury · 21 mi
- Charlotte · 22 mi
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