Martin Covered Bridge
Martin Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. Signal Mountain stands 1,013 m to the southeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Maple Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
The Martin Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge spanning the Winooski River off United States Route 2 in southern Marshfield, Vermont. Built about 1890, it is the only surviving historic covered bridge in the town. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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Wikidata Q28123759, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1890
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 16.8 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 23.3 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 20 mi
- Angel Dog Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Plainfield Town Forest: 3.1 mi
- East Montpelier Municipal Forest: 5.8 mi
- Calais Town Forest: 6.6 mi
- Groton Nature Center: 7.1 mi
- Boulder Beach State Park: 7.2 mi
- Maple Hill: 1.5 mi
- Gritt Hill: 2.5 mi
- Bartlett Hill: 2.5 mi
- Hollister Hill: 2.7 mi
- Debby Hill: 2.9 mi
- Chickering Bog Natural Area: 4.5 mi
- Molly's Falls Pond State Park: 7.8 mi
- Blanchard Park: 8.4 mi
- Hubbard Park: 8.6 mi
- Levi Pond Wildlife Management Area: 9.3 mi
- Marshfield Ledges: 5.5 mi
- Eagle Ledge: 21.9 mi
- Bog Wall: 22.2 mi
- Lasso Ledge: 22.3 mi
- Terra Incognita: 22.9 mi
- Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks: 6.7 mi
- Hubbard Tower: 8.5 mi
- Rock of ages Quarry: 10.0 mi
- A.M. Foster Bridge: 11.7 mi
- Northfield Falls Covered Bridge: 14.4 mi
- Burned Ranger's House: 4.5 mi
- 1918 Spanish Flu Memorial: 6.9 mi
- War Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Robert Burns Memorial Statue: 7.7 mi
- Monument to Heroic Deeds: 7.8 mi
- Kents Museum: 6.8 mi
- Vermont Granite Museum: 7.7 mi
- Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion: 8.7 mi
- Groton Historical Society: 12.0 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 16.3 mi
- Cheever Falls: 16.2 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 17.2 mi
- Cadys falls: 22.4 mi
- Gorge: 23.1 mi
- Bingham Falls: 23.7 mi
- Boulder Beach: 7.2 mi
- Lake Elmore Beach: 18.5 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 23.5 mi
- Kettle Pond State Park: 5.1 mi
- Beavin & Sons: 8.1 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Accès rivière: 15.7 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 21.6 mi
- Flint Covered Bridge: 23.5 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 18.5 mi
- Cady's Falls Botanical Gardens: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Martin Covered Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | SE 144° | 1,013 m | 7.0 mi |
| Butterfield Mountain | SSE 155° | 952 m | 7.9 mi |
| Knox Mountain | SSE 163° | 934 m | 8.8 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | SE 144° | 902 m | 4.5 mi |
| Cow Hill | NE 56° | 781 m | 11.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ENE 60° | 762 m | 10.6 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | ESE 114° | 758 m | 5.7 mi |
| Macks Mountain | ENE 65° | 735 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:24 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:53 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:26 | 16:14 |
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 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plainfield, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 74000358OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Martin Covered Bridge, reference 74000358, listed 10/09/74.
OpenStreetMap element way/1064371802
Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 22 mi
- Bolton Valley · 24 mi
- Fairlee · 29 mi
- Richmond · 30 mi
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