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Crystal Lake State Park

Crystal Lake State Park from directly overhead

Crystal Lake State Park is a historic site in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 288 m. Bald Mountain stands 1,010 m to the east, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Cemetery Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Chemin des Cantons passes 18 miles off.

The story

state park in Vermont

Dates from 1942.

Wikidata Q5191264, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Built
2005-08-30

What to expect

Operated by
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.74718, -72.16854

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 39
  • Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
  • Craftsbury Common Park: 12.4 mi
  • Pomerleau Park: 13.2 mi
  • Gardner Memorial Park: 13.4 mi
  • Prouty Beach & Campground: 14.0 mi
Museums: 16
Nature reserves: 14
Attractions: 10
  • Circus Smirkus World Headquarters: 12.0 mi
  • Kingdom Trails Nordic Adventure Center: 15.4 mi
  • Walden Mountain Alpaca Farm: 16.6 mi
  • Great Vermont Corn Maze: 17.6 mi
  • Cercle de Pierre de Stanstead: 18.5 mi
Beaches: 7
  • North Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Southwest Cove Beach: 7.0 mi
  • South Beach: 7.1 mi
  • ROL Camp Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Balm of Gilead Beach: 12.3 mi
Historic sites: 7
Covered bridges: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Runaway Pond: 8.2 mi
  • Lake Memphremagog Buffers: 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • Bald Hill: 9.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Crystal Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainE 81°1,010 m8.9 mi
Goodwin MountainENE 77°852 m8.1 mi
Mount PisgahE 100°849 m6.9 mi
Haystack MountainE 90°845 m8.2 mi
Job MountainE 84°845 m10.1 mi
Mount HorESE 112°810 m6.1 mi
McSherry MountainE 93°738 m8.7 mi
Granby MountainSSE 153°725 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:01
June solstice05:0419:5420:39
September equinox06:3618:1018:48
December solstice07:2415:2316:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F111323375059646254423119
Precip in3.12.73.23.53.94.14.44.93.94.83.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutton 2NE, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 05000949OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/507776807

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