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West Hill Covered Bridge

West Hill Covered Bridge, a covered bridge in Vermont
West Hill Covered Bridge, a covered bridge in VermontMfwills · CC BY-SA 3.0
West Hill Covered Bridge, a covered bridge in Vermont
Mfwills · CC BY-SA 3.0
West Hill Covered Bridge, a covered bridge in Vermont
Mfwills · CC BY-SA 3.0
West Hill Covered Bridge, a covered bridge in Vermont
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West Hill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Jay Peak stands 1,177 m to the east-northeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Hutchins Covered Bridge, a attraction 1.8 miles away. Chemin des Cantons passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

The West Hill Covered Bridge, also known as the Crystal Springs Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that crosses West Hill Brook on Creamery Bridge Road in Montgomery, Vermont. It is one of six surviving 19th-century bridges built in Montgomery by the brothers Sheldon & Savannah Jewett. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7985380, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built
1883
Height limit
2.87
Weight limit
7.2
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.86769, -72.64795

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 51
  • Lincoln Park: 8.1 mi
  • Davis Park: 9.1 mi
  • College Garden and Playground: 15.3 mi
  • Sculpture Park: 15.5 mi
  • Mineart Athletics Fields: 15.6 mi
Historic sites: 13
Nature reserves: 10
Attractions: 8
Covered bridges: 8
Museums: 8
Waterfalls: 8
  • Sloping Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Dog Head Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Chutes Hunter: 17.4 mi
  • Cadys falls: 20.1 mi
  • Fairfax Falls: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 2
  • ROL Camp Beach: 18.3 mi
  • Lake Elmore Beach: 23.3 mi
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Cady's Falls Botanical Gardens: 20.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lake Memphremagog Buffers: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of West Hill Covered Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jay PeakENE 57°1,177 m7.1 mi
Big JayENE 58°1,115 m6.2 mi
North Jay PeakNE 41°1,048 m8.3 mi
Doll PeakNE 44°1,038 m7.6 mi
Belvidere MountainSE 144°1,018 m8.1 mi
Cold Hollow MountainSSW 200°1,015 m5.9 mi
Little JayENE 63°928 m5.9 mi
Haystack MountainESE 119°922 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2419:03
June solstice05:0519:5620:41
September equinox06:3818:1118:50
December solstice07:2615:2416:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192131445765706861493826
Precip in2.32.02.53.23.74.44.24.44.04.23.12.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Enosburg Falls, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 74000221OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • National Register of Historic Places — West Hill Covered Bridge, reference 74000221, listed 12/31/74.

OpenStreetMap element way/1028147668

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