Mount Orne Covered Bridge
Mount Orne Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Mount Starr King stands 1,186 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Orne Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. Connecticut River Byway runs past it.
The story
The Mount Orne Bridge is a covered bridge over the Connecticut River between Lancaster, New Hampshire, and Lunenburg, Vermont. It joins Elm Street (New Hampshire Route 135) in South Lancaster with River Road (Town Highway 1) in Lunenburg. Built in 1911, it is one of two Howe truss bridges across the Connecticut River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
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Dates from 1983-11-23.
Wikidata Q14629040, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1911
How to reach it
- On the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 3.7 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 4.5 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 14.0 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- North Overlook · 4 mi
- Stark Covered Bridge · 15 mi
- Angel Dog Overlook · 16 mi
- Lookout Ledge · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Orne Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 3.2 mi
- Colby Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Baldwin Hill: 3.6 mi
- Baptist Hill: 3.7 mi
- David Dana Forest: 4.5 mi
- Lancaster Town Forest: 6.2 mi
- Robert W. Durant Natural Area: 6.5 mi
- Ruth & Slade Gorton Memorial Forest: 7.0 mi
- Brebner Farm and Forest: 10.8 mi
- Weeks State Park: 3.9 mi
- Soldier Park: 4.5 mi
- Colonel Town Recreation Park: 4.7 mi
- Whitefield Park: 6.0 mi
- The Common: 6.3 mi
- Lancaster Fairgrounds: 5.3 mi
- Merry Crismas Ferris wheel: 8.0 mi
- The Himalaya: 8.0 mi
- Flying School: 8.0 mi
- You Tubing: 8.0 mi
- Lower Ammonoosuc Falls: 15.6 mi
- Middle Falls: 17.8 mi
- Upper Falls: 17.8 mi
- Ogontz Falls: 18.1 mi
- Chandler Fall: 19.0 mi
- John Wingate Weeks Historic Museum: 4.1 mi
- Lancaster Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Jefferson Historical Museum: 9.8 mi
- Concord Museum: 11.7 mi
- Littleton Historical Museum: 12.1 mi
- Moore Dam Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 14.9 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 18.9 mi
- Devils Slide: 15.5 mi
- Artists Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Square Inch Wall: 19.6 mi
- Profile Cliff: 19.6 mi
- Maggot Buttress: 19.6 mi
- Vermont Major cross-state route: 2.4 mi
- Mine Shaft: 4.2 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Jarhead Motorcycle Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Stephen Huneck’s Gallery, Dog Mountain: 16.3 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 13.9 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Boise Rock: 21.2 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 21.6 mi
- The Basin, West: 23.3 mi
- Lac Littleton: 14.8 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 19.7 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 19.8 mi
- Peabody Spring: 19.9 mi
- Liberty Spring: 23.7 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 12.1 mi
- Sunflowers: 12.2 mi
- Tree Harp: 12.2 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 23.3 mi
- School House Covered Bridge: 18.0 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Mount Orne Covered Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Starr King | E 99° | 1,186 m | 11.0 mi |
| Hutchins Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,122 m | 11.5 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | E 93° | 1,007 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Joseph Whipple | E 98° | 997 m | 9.7 mi |
| Owl's Head | SE 137° | 983 m | 11.6 mi |
| Stone Mountain | N 355° | 819 m | 7.0 mi |
| Miles Mountain | W 280° | 813 m | 8.0 mi |
| Harris Mountain | NNW 344° | 754 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 19:51 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:22 | 16:10 |
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 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 76000124OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Mount Orne Covered Bridge, reference 76000124, listed 12/12/76.
OpenStreetMap element way/1024941374
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