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The Gage Accident

The Gage Accident from directly overhead

The Gage Accident is a historic site in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 273 m. Ludlow Mountain stands 1,012 m to the west-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Cavendish Historical Society Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Scenic Route 100 Byway passes 2.0 miles off.

What the record says

Material
metal

How to reach it

Coordinates43.38240, -72.60772

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 26
Historic sites: 25
Covered bridges: 12
Waterfalls: 12
  • Buttermilk Lower Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Middle Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Upper Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Gerry's Falls: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 9
Artworks: 7
  • Smith's clothespin: 8.5 mi
  • Art Gallery: 14.9 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 17.5 mi
  • Newport's Golden Eagle: 21.9 mi
  • Bear: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Blueberry Ledges: 12.9 mi
  • Table Rock: 19.2 mi
  • Lower Tier: 22.5 mi
  • Deer Leap: 22.5 mi
  • Upper Tier: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Stoughton Pond Recreation Area: 5.4 mi
  • Corona Beach: 20.5 mi
  • Croydon Town Beach: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 21.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 24.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of The Gage Accident. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ludlow MountainWNW 282°1,012 m7.4 mi
South MountainW 267°968 m7.9 mi
Mt AscutneyENE 61°954 m8.8 mi
Ascutney NorthENE 61°944 m9.0 mi
Ascutney SouthENE 64°880 m8.7 mi
Terrible MountainSW 235°873 m8.3 mi
Mount MosesN 357°793 m10.1 mi
Mount TomN 354°755 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2519:03
June solstice05:1119:5220:35
September equinox06:3818:1218:50
December solstice07:2115:3116:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192129425564696759473626
Precip in3.82.73.53.83.94.64.03.93.84.93.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cavendish, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12074138914

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