Hopkins Covered Bridge
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Hopkins Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 129 m. Jay Peak stands 1,177 m to the east, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Longley Covered Bridge, a covered bridge 1.3 miles away. Chemin des Cantons passes 7.9 miles off.
The story
The Hopkins Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that crosses the Trout River in Enosburg, Vermont on Hopkins Bridge Road. Built in 1875 by brothers Sheldon & Savannah Jewett, it is one of a cluster of area covered bridges all attributed to the same builders. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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Wikidata Q5900653, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Chemin des Cantons, National
- 12.3 mi off the Route des Vins, National
- 26.4 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
Overlooks nearby
- Pv sans nom 3 · 10 mi
- Pv sans nom 1 · 10 mi
- Pv sans nom 2 · 10 mi
- Vue · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hardwood Hill: 3.4 mi
- Big Jay: 6.5 mi
- Little Jay: 6.5 mi
- Doll Peak: 6.7 mi
- Ayers Hill: 7.0 mi
- Davis Park: 5.4 mi
- Lincoln Park: 6.5 mi
- Sheldon Community Forest: 14.5 mi
- College Garden and Playground: 18.9 mi
- Sculpture Park: 19.1 mi
- Historic Marker: Birthplace of Larry Gardner: 6.5 mi
- Long Trail Terminus: 10.9 mi
- Historical Marker: George Washington Henderson: 12.0 mi
- Burned Down Cabin: 12.5 mi
- Bataille d'Eccles Hill: 13.2 mi
- Big Falls State Park: 14.4 mi
- Elm Brook Wildlife Management Area: 14.9 mi
- Wild Branch Wildlife Management Area: 18.3 mi
- Coventry Town Forest: 18.8 mi
- Black River Streambank: 20.3 mi
- Longley Covered Bridge: 1.3 mi
- Comstock Covered Bridge: 2.0 mi
- Fuller Covered Bridge: 2.0 mi
- West Hill Covered Bridge: 3.9 mi
- Morgan Covered Bridge: 12.5 mi
- Hutchins Covered Bridge: 5.2 mi
- Missisquoi River Bridge: 7.5 mi
- Start-End Trail: 11.6 mi
- Pont Couvert Province-Hill: 15.9 mi
- Journey's End: 18.4 mi
- President Arthur Birthplace Museum: 8.9 mi
- Sheldon Historical Society: 13.5 mi
- Missisquoi Valley Historical Society: 14.1 mi
- Cambridge Historical Society: 20.5 mi
- Saint Albans Historical Museum: 21.4 mi
- Chutes Hunter: 13.8 mi
- Sloping Falls: 20.3 mi
- Dog Head Falls: 20.6 mi
- Cadys falls: 23.9 mi
- Fairfax Falls: 24.2 mi
- ROL Camp Beach: 20.2 mi
- Cady's Falls Botanical Gardens: 24.2 mi
- Champ sea serpent: 24.3 mi
- Lake Memphremagog Buffers: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Hopkins Covered Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Peak | E 88° | 1,177 m | 7.2 mi |
| Big Jay | E 93° | 1,115 m | 6.5 mi |
| North Jay Peak | ENE 69° | 1,048 m | 7.2 mi |
| Doll Peak | ENE 74° | 1,038 m | 6.7 mi |
| Belvidere Mountain | SSE 150° | 1,018 m | 11.8 mi |
| Cold Hollow Mountain | S 185° | 1,015 m | 9.2 mi |
| Little Jay | E 98° | 928 m | 6.5 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | SE 135° | 922 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:24 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 19:56 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:24 | 16:13 |
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 | 31 | 44 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Enosburg Falls, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 74000218OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Hopkins Covered Bridge, reference 74000218, listed 11/20/74.
OpenStreetMap element way/1038791199
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