ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
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ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain is a museum in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Baldface Mountain stands 673 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Hoehl Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, formerly the Lake Champlain Basin Science Center, is a science and nature museum located on the Burlington waterfront in northern Vermont. This hands-on museum is home to several interactive exhibits such as Engineert It! and Awesome Forces; a 30-foot, 3D plesiosaur model of Champ, America's legendary lake monster in Lake Champlain; more than 70 species of fish, amphibians, invertebrates, and reptiles; special traveling exhibitions; and an immersive 3D Theater. ECHO has been open to public since 2003, offering daily animal encounters and hands-on activities that are educational and family-friendly. The Patrick and Marcelle Leahy Center for Lake Champlain is a 2.2-acre (8,900 m2) campus recognizing Senator Patrick Leahy's dedication to the stewardship of the Lake Champlain Basin. The Leahy Center is also home to the University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Lake Champlain Basin Program Resource Room, and Lake Champlain Navy Memorial. ECHO's building is Vermont’s first LEED certified Green Building. The building is the only lake aquarium in the United States with this certification. With this designation, ECHO is the third certified building in New England and joins a group of fewer than 70 LEED certified buildings in the United States. In 2018 the largest solar canopy in Vermont was built onsite to capture renewable energy. The name ECHO originally represented educating and delighting people of all ages about the Ecology, Culture, History, and Opportunities for stewardship of the Lake Champlain Basin.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2003.
Wikidata Q5322675, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 17 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 9.6 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 13.1 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 23.2 mi off the Mad River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Granite Steps · 1 mi
- Waterfront pause place 3 · 1 mi
- Winooski River Walk · 2 mi
- C Nature area · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hoehl Park: 0.0 mi
- Perkins Pier: 0.2 mi
- Perkins Pier Park: 0.2 mi
- Champlain St Park: 0.3 mi
- Battery Park: 0.3 mi
- Arthur Park: 1.4 mi
- Rock Point: 1.7 mi
- Centennial Woods Natural Area: 1.8 mi
- Arms Forest: 1.8 mi
- McKenzie Park: 2.2 mi
- Pheasant Hill: 5.0 mi
- Lone Tree Hill: 6.2 mi
- Brownell Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Malletts Head: 6.6 mi
- Brigham Hill: 8.2 mi
- The Battery: 0.3 mi
- Grave Site: 0.3 mi
- William Wells: 0.3 mi
- Queen Mountain Club: 0.3 mi
- Burlington Civil War Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Powerline A-Line: 9.1 mi
- The Wall: 9.2 mi
- Upper Upper West Bolton Shoulder: 16.2 mi
- Wild West Wall: 16.2 mi
- Main Face: 16.2 mi
- Fleming Museum of Art: 1.2 mi
- Craig's: 2.0 mi
- Ethan Allen Homestead Museum: 2.2 mi
- Vermont National Guard Library & Museum: 3.5 mi
- Shelburne Museum: 7.2 mi
- Myrtle Street Avant Garden: 0.6 mi
- Riverside Nieghborhood Garden: 1.1 mi
- Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Childrens Garden: 1.5 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Blodgett Beach: 0.7 mi
- Texaco Beach: 1.0 mi
- Lakeside Beach Access: 1.2 mi
- Blanchard Beach: 1.4 mi
- North Beach: 1.4 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 0.1 mi
- Grey Lock: 0.4 mi
- Catamount Statue: 1.1 mi
- Hyperbolic Paraboloid: 1.3 mi
- Kelis the Afronaut: 1.4 mi
- Spirit Ethan Allen: 0.1 mi
- F16 Vermont Air National Guard: 3.7 mi
- Shelburne Farms Cheesemaking: 6.1 mi
- Children’s Farmyard: 6.1 mi
- Steamboat Ticonderoga: 7.0 mi
- Winooski Falls: 2.0 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls: 7.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 12.2 mi
- Alice Falls: 12.4 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 12.4 mi
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 5.9 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 18.7 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 6.9 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 10.4 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 7.6 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 7.6 mi
- Big Spring: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldface Mountain | WSW 257° | 673 m | 15.5 mi |
| Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain | WSW 250° | 659 m | 15.3 mi |
| Bald Hill | E 84° | 584 m | 14.9 mi |
| Huckleberry Hill | ESE 103° | 503 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bigelow Mountain | W 261° | 501 m | 12.4 mi |
| Stewart Hill | ENE 61° | 501 m | 13.8 mi |
| Red Rock | SE 144° | 493 m | 15.2 mi |
| Lincoln Hill | SE 145° | 492 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:57 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:28 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 32 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington Intl AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/97338103
Day trips start here
- Burlington · 1 mi
- Winooski · 2 mi
- South Burlington · 3 mi
- Colchester · 5 mi
- Shelburne · 6 mi
- Williston · 6 mi
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