Sheldon Museum
Sheldon Museum is a museum in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Mount Abraham stands 1,223 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cannon Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 12 miles off.
The story
Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History, also known as the Sheldon Museum, is a history museum in Middlebury, Vermont created by Henry Sheldon in 1882 focusing on his private collections and the history of the state of Vermont, United States. It is located in the 1829 Judd-Harris House, a three-story brick Federal house, which showcases much of the museum's collections, including furniture, art, and artifacts. The museum's Stewart-Swift Research Center houses and provides access to over two centuries of primary source materials documenting the history of Addison County, Vermont and other Vermont places.
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Dates from 1882.
Wikidata Q24534773, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1882
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 15.7 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 17.6 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: 1.0 mi
- Wainwright Hill: 4.2 mi
- The Cobble: 5.0 mi
- Saint George Hill: 5.5 mi
- Pine Hill: 6.0 mi
- Cannon Park: 0.0 mi
- Lazarus Park: 0.2 mi
- Middlebury Town Green: 0.2 mi
- Weybridge Cave State Park: 3.7 mi
- Harold Curtiss Recreational Park: 4.6 mi
- Battell Woods Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Means Woods Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 7.0 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 7.1 mi
- Deer Leap Natural Area: 10.3 mi
- The Ledge: 2.9 mi
- Marble Ledge: 3.0 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 3.5 mi
- Red Rock Pond: 6.3 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 10.1 mi
- Middlebury to Her Soldiers: 0.2 mi
- Frederick Douglass Launched The One Hundred Conventions: 0.2 mi
- Court Square: 0.2 mi
- Emma Willard Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Carleton's Raid Monument: 5.0 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 0.6 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Chimney Point Museum: 12.6 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 12.9 mi
- The Iron Center: 14.5 mi
- Middlebury Falls: 0.1 mi
- Bittersweet Falls: 2.6 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 3.5 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 4.5 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 4.5 mi
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 0.3 mi
- King Kong: 0.4 mi
- Two Open Rectangles, Excentric, Variation VI: 0.4 mi
- Chaos Xaxis: 0.4 mi
- Youbie Obie: 0.4 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 5.1 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 6.8 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 8.7 mi
- Nature preserve: 10.3 mi
- Star Trek Original Series Set Tours: 17.0 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 14.3 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 14.4 mi
- Westport Beach: 17.7 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 18.8 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 19.7 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 0.9 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 17.0 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 21.1 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 22.8 mi
- Gorham Covered Bridge: 23.9 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 15.9 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 15.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 22.8 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 14.3 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 14.3 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 14.5 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Lucky Seven: 7.4 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 8.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Sheldon Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Abraham | ENE 57° | 1,223 m | 13.8 mi |
| Bread Loaf Mountain | E 93° | 1,165 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Wilson | E 92° | 1,147 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Grant | ENE 77° | 1,104 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Roosevelt | E 87° | 1,073 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mount Cleveland | E 80° | 1,058 m | 13.2 mi |
| Battell Mountain | E 99° | 1,043 m | 11.8 mi |
| Gillespie Peak | SE 135° | 1,019 m | 13.7 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/372924639
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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