Monument to Heroic Deeds
Monument to Heroic Deeds is a historic site in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Signal Mountain stands 1,013 m to the east, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Vermont City Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Mad River Byway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- granite
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 21.3 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 24.2 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Hill: 1.7 mi
- Trow Hill: 1.9 mi
- Beckley Hill: 2.2 mi
- East Hill: 2.3 mi
- Goldsbury Hill: 2.4 mi
- Vermont City Park: 0.0 mi
- Mathewson Playground: 0.2 mi
- Currier Park: 0.2 mi
- Native Park: 0.4 mi
- barre dog park: 0.6 mi
- Blanchard Park: 5.6 mi
- Hubbard Park: 6.4 mi
- Williamstown Town Forest: 6.5 mi
- Chickering Bog Natural Area: 9.0 mi
- Middlesex Wildlife Management Area: 9.7 mi
- Marshfield Ledges: 13.0 mi
- Eagle Ledge: 18.0 mi
- Lasso Ledge: 18.5 mi
- Bog Wall: 20.4 mi
- Tower 5: 20.8 mi
- Rock of ages Quarry: 2.9 mi
- Hubbard Tower: 6.1 mi
- Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks: 6.5 mi
- Northfield Falls Covered Bridge: 7.6 mi
- Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 7.7 mi
- Vermont Granite Museum: 1.4 mi
- Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion: 5.9 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 8.9 mi
- Norwich University Museum: 8.9 mi
- Kents Museum: 11.9 mi
- Robert Burns Memorial Statue: 0.1 mi
- 1918 Spanish Flu Memorial: 1.1 mi
- War Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Burned Ranger's House: 7.7 mi
- Statue of Capt. Alden Partridge: 8.9 mi
- Martin Covered Bridge: 7.8 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 16.0 mi
- Flint Covered Bridge: 17.3 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 18.6 mi
- Larkin Covered Bridge: 19.0 mi
- Warren Falls: 19.3 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 20.6 mi
- Upper Old City Falls: 22.8 mi
- Lower Old City Falls: 22.8 mi
- Waits River Falls: 23.3 mi
- Beavin & Sons: 4.7 mi
- Kettle Pond State Park: 11.8 mi
- Big Frog: 18.4 mi
- Whale Dance: 18.7 mi
- Vermontasaurus: 24.9 mi
- Boulder Beach: 13.1 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 17.2 mi
- Lake Elmore Beach: 23.8 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Accès rivière: 13.6 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Monument to Heroic Deeds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | E 86° | 1,013 m | 8.8 mi |
| Butterfield Mountain | E 97° | 952 m | 8.0 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | E 87° | 945 m | 8.1 mi |
| Knox Mountain | ESE 107° | 934 m | 7.6 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | ENE 70° | 902 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | W 276° | 776 m | 12.2 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | ENE 68° | 758 m | 10.6 mi |
| Paine Mountain | WSW 240° | 726 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:24 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:53 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:11 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:27 | 16:15 |
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 | 17 | 19 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 46 | 34 | 23 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montpelier AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4871801671
Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 16 mi
- Bolton Valley · 23 mi
- Fairlee · 27 mi
- Richmond · 28 mi
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