Emma Willard Memorial
Emma Willard Memorial is a historic site in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Mount Abraham stands 1,223 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Middlebury Town Green, a park 0.1 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 13 miles off.
The story
The Emma Hart Willard Memorial, is a public artwork designed by Marion Guild and Pierre Zwick. It was sculpted by T.A. Campbell who worked for the Houlihan Shop in Rutland, Vermont. Erected in 1941, the memorial is located in a triangular-shaped park at the intersection of route 30 and route 7 in downtown Middlebury, Vermont.
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Wikidata Q5372996, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1941
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 15.6 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 17.4 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 24.3 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
Overlooks nearby
- limited view southeast · 16 mi
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 23 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls · 25 mi
- Overlook View · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chipman Hill: 0.8 mi
- Wainwright Hill: 4.3 mi
- The Cobble: 4.7 mi
- Saint George Hill: 5.7 mi
- Robert Frost Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Middlebury Town Green: 0.1 mi
- Lazarus Park: 0.1 mi
- Cannon Park: 0.2 mi
- Weybridge Cave State Park: 3.7 mi
- Harold Curtiss Recreational Park: 4.6 mi
- Battell Woods Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- Means Woods Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 7.1 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 7.2 mi
- Deer Leap Natural Area: 10.1 mi
- Marble Ledge: 2.8 mi
- The Ledge: 3.1 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 3.3 mi
- Red Rock Pond: 6.4 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 9.9 mi
- Frederick Douglass Launched The One Hundred Conventions: 0.1 mi
- Court Square: 0.1 mi
- Middlebury to Her Soldiers: 0.1 mi
- Carleton's Raid Monument: 5.0 mi
- Grave of Timothy Clark Smith: 7.0 mi
- Sheldon Museum: 0.2 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 0.8 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- Chimney Point Museum: 12.7 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 13.0 mi
- Middlebury Falls: 0.1 mi
- Bittersweet Falls: 2.7 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 3.3 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 4.3 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 4.3 mi
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 0.5 mi
- King Kong: 0.5 mi
- Two Open Rectangles, Excentric, Variation VI: 0.6 mi
- Youbie Obie: 0.6 mi
- Chaos Xaxis: 0.6 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 5.1 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 7.0 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 8.7 mi
- Nature preserve: 10.4 mi
- Star Trek Original Series Set Tours: 17.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 14.4 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 14.5 mi
- Westport Beach: 17.7 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 18.6 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 19.9 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 0.8 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 16.8 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 20.9 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 22.7 mi
- Gorham Covered Bridge: 24.0 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 16.1 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 16.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 22.9 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 14.4 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 14.5 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 14.6 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Lucky Seven: 7.3 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 8.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Emma Willard Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Abraham | ENE 57° | 1,223 m | 13.6 mi |
| Little Abe | ENE 57° | 1,189 m | 14.1 mi |
| Bread Loaf Mountain | E 94° | 1,165 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mount Wilson | E 93° | 1,147 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Grant | ENE 78° | 1,104 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Roosevelt | E 88° | 1,073 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Cleveland | E 80° | 1,058 m | 13.0 mi |
| Battell Mountain | E 100° | 1,043 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:30 | 16:18 |
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 | 18 | 20 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cornwall, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4408433311
Day trips start here
- Middlebury · 1 mi
- Crown Point · 14 mi
- Westport · 18 mi
- Charlotte · 21 mi
- Waitsfield · 21 mi
- Essex · 22 mi
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