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Kingsley Covered Bridge

Kingsley Covered Bridge, a covered bridge in Vermont
Kingsley Covered Bridge, a covered bridge in VermontCC BY-SA 3.0

Kingsley Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 211 m. Killington Peak stands 1,293 m to the northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Clarendon Gorge Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Crossroad of Vermont Byway passes 6.2 miles off.

The story

The Kingsley Covered Bridge (also called the Mill River Bridge) is a wooden covered bridge carrying East Street across the Mill River in Clarendon, Vermont. Built about 1870, it is the town's only surviving 19th-century covered bridge. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6413300, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Weight limit
3 st

How to reach it

Coordinates43.52384, -72.94106

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites: 23
  • Paul P Harris: 4.0 mi
  • Old Stone Shop: 4.2 mi
  • Wilson Castle: 7.6 mi
  • Edward Hastings Ripley: 8.8 mi
  • Doug Casella: 8.8 mi
Museums: 19
Cliffs: 13
  • Lower Tier: 11.1 mi
  • Upper Tier: 11.1 mi
  • Deer Leap: 11.2 mi
  • Top Rock: 11.2 mi
  • Blueberry Ledges: 13.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Mead's Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Irene Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Otter Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Buttermilk Upper Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Buttermilk Middle Falls: 12.3 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Pine Hill Park: 7.4 mi
  • Beast Mountain Coaster: 10.1 mi
  • Ballard Farm: 12.1 mi
  • Taylor Farm: 20.6 mi
  • Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 21.5 mi
Artworks: 7
  • Rutland Water Fountain: 6.0 mi
  • The Leash Sculpture: 6.0 mi
  • Oculus: 6.8 mi
  • Mandala II: 13.3 mi
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 14.7 mi
Covered bridges: 7
Gardens: 5
Rest areas: 1
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 18.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Stoughton Pond Recreation Area: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Kingsley Covered Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Killington PeakNE 47°1,293 m8.2 mi
Pico PeakNNE 33°1,206 m9.6 mi
Little KillingtonNE 51°1,194 m7.5 mi
Mendon PeakNE 44°1,170 m6.8 mi
Skye PeakNE 50°1,158 m9.1 mi
Shrewsbury PeakENE 61°1,122 m7.8 mi
Ramshead PeakNE 40°1,100 m9.2 mi
Snowdon PeakNE 43°1,095 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2619:04
June solstice05:1219:5320:37
September equinox06:4018:1318:51
December solstice07:2215:3216:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192130435564686658473626
Precip in2.72.22.73.13.64.34.64.03.44.02.83.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rutland, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 74000257OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • National Register of Historic Places — Kingsley Covered Bridge, reference 74000257, listed 02/12/74.

OpenStreetMap element way/1052543872

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