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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

Coordinates44.18938, -72.82352

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Peaks
Cliffs: 37
  • 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
Nature reserves: 34
Historic sites: 24
Attractions: 18
Museums: 17
Artworks: 17
Waterfalls: 16
Picnic sites: 4
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Robert Frost Wayside: 18.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 21.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 21.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Lucky Seven: 16.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Camels HumpNNW 341°1,243 m9.5 mi
Mount EllenWSW 249°1,234 m5.6 mi
Mount AbrahamSW 230°1,223 m7.3 mi
Lincoln PeakSW 230°1,212 m6.7 mi
Cutts PeakWSW 245°1,198 m5.7 mi
Little AbeSW 230°1,189 m6.9 mi
Nancy Hanks PeakSW 233°1,158 m6.5 mi
Mount Ethan AllenNNW 338°1,120 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2519:04
June solstice05:0919:5520:39
September equinox06:3918:1318:51
December solstice07:2415:2816:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192128415362666558463626

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

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