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South Hero Bicentennial Museum

South Hero Bicentennial Museum from directly overhead

South Hero Bicentennial Museum is a museum in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 31 m. Bigelow Mountain stands 501 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is White's Beach, a park 1.9 miles away. Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont runs past it.

About

The story

town in Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States

Wikidata Q1608619, matched on coordinates and name (100 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
31 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates44.64547, -73.30422

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • White's Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Clinton Park: 7.0 mi
  • Airport Park: 7.0 mi
  • Clyde A. Lewis Park: 7.4 mi
  • Sailors Point Park: 7.6 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 58
Historic sites: 38
  • NOMAD Soldier Sailor Dedication: 5.5 mi
  • Fort Scott Memorial: 7.5 mi
  • Double Cantilever Hangar Foundation: 7.7 mi
  • Champlain Monument: 8.0 mi
  • First Building: 8.0 mi
Museums: 24
  • Champlain Valley Transportation Museum: 7.4 mi
  • War of 1812 Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Kids' Station Children's Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Clinton County Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Plattsburgh Air Force Base Museum: 7.4 mi
Gardens: 15
Beaches: 12
  • Thayer Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Thayer Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 9.6 mi
  • Leddy Park Beach: 10.2 mi
Artworks: 12
Attractions: 10
Waterfalls: 7
  • Rainbow Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Five Chutes: 11.6 mi
  • Alice Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Winooski Falls: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 18.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 18.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of South Hero Bicentennial Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bigelow MountainSSW 211°501 m15.9 mi
Stewart HillESE 107°501 m17.0 mi
Rand HillWNW 300°459 m17.5 mi
Quinn MountainWSW 249°459 m17.9 mi
Mount EtnaWSW 247°457 m16.7 mi
Georgia MountainE 84°438 m11.5 mi
Jack Lot HillESE 110°438 m17.0 mi
McLean HillESE 106°436 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2719:06
June solstice05:0919:5820:43
September equinox06:4118:1418:53
December solstice07:2815:2816:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231445766727063503927
Precip in1.91.62.02.73.44.13.83.63.33.72.72.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Hero, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/477546127

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