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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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.86769, -72.64795

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 50
  • 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
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
Attractions: 7
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 16.4 miles of West Hill Covered Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jay PeakENE1,177 m7.1 mi
Big JayENE1,115 m6.2 mi
North Jay PeakNE1,048 m8.3 mi
Doll PeakNE1,038 m7.6 mi
Belvidere MountainSE1,018 m8.1 mi
Cold Hollow MountainSSW1,015 m5.9 mi
Little JayENE928 m5.9 mi
Haystack MountainESE922 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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