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Jaynes Covered Bridge

Jaynes Covered Bridge, a covered bridge in Vermont
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Jaynes Covered Bridge, a covered bridge in Vermont
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Jaynes Covered Bridge, a covered bridge in Vermont
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Jaynes Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Mount Mansfield stands 1,340 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Montgomery Covered Bridge, a covered bridge 0.5 miles away. Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont passes 17 miles off.

About

The story

The Jaynes Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge, carrying Codding Hollow Road across the North Branch Lamoille River in Waterville, Vermont. Built in 1877, it is one of three 19th-century covered bridges in the town, and one of five to span the North Branch Lamoille in a five-mile span. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q28124198, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built
1877
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.71208, -72.75619

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • College Garden and Playground: 6.0 mi
  • Sculpture Park: 6.2 mi
  • Johnson Skate Park: 6.2 mi
  • Mineart Athletics Fields: 6.3 mi
  • Muncipal Green: 6.3 mi
Nature reserves: 30
Cliffs: 26
  • Devil's Dishpan: 14.6 mi
  • Birnies Nose: 17.5 mi
  • Main Face: 20.7 mi
  • Wild West Wall: 20.8 mi
  • Upper Upper West Bolton Shoulder: 20.9 mi
Historic sites: 17
Museums: 11
Attractions: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • Sloping Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Dog Head Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Cadys falls: 11.7 mi
  • Gorge: 12.2 mi
  • Fairfax Falls: 12.2 mi
Covered bridges: 7
Gardens: 5
Artworks: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 24.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 24.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 11.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Elmore Beach: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Jaynes Covered Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MansfieldSSW 194°1,340 m12.0 mi
Adams AppleSSW 193°1,256 m11.7 mi
Bear HeadSSW 193°1,192 m11.3 mi
Madonna PeakS 181°1,107 m10.4 mi
Whiteface MountainS 175°1,101 m9.0 mi
Morse MountainS 179°1,029 m9.4 mi
Belvidere MountainENE 67°1,018 m10.9 mi
Cold Hollow MountainNNE 32°1,015 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2519:03
June solstice05:0619:5620:41
September equinox06:3918:1218:50
December solstice07:2615:2516:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141726405361666457453422
Precip in2.82.42.83.85.04.74.54.44.05.23.73.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Johnson 2 N, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 74000226OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • National Register of Historic Places — Jaynes Covered Bridge, reference 74000226, listed 10/01/74.

OpenStreetMap element way/1035091246

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