Vermont Granite Museum
Vermont Granite Museum is a museum in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. Signal Mountain stands 1,013 m to the east, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is 5th Street Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 9.5 miles off.
The Museum has exhibits about the heritage of Vermont's granite industry as well as walking trails.
The story
The Vermont Granite Museum is a museum in the city of Barre, Vermont, devoted to the city's historically important granite quarrying and processing industry. It is located at 7 Jones Brothers Way, in the former Jones Brothers Granite Shed, a former granite processing facility listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Stone Arts School, administered by the museum, is a teaching institution for aspiring sculptors.
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Wikidata Q28123745, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 22.4 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 25.5 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Goldsbury Hill: 1.1 mi
- Beckley Hill: 1.3 mi
- West Hill: 1.4 mi
- Trow Hill: 3.1 mi
- East Hill: 3.2 mi
- 5th Street Park: 0.4 mi
- North Barre Park: 0.5 mi
- Native Park: 1.0 mi
- Mathewson Playground: 1.4 mi
- Vermont City Park: 1.4 mi
- Blanchard Park: 4.2 mi
- Hubbard Park: 5.0 mi
- Williamstown Town Forest: 7.1 mi
- Chickering Bog Natural Area: 8.2 mi
- Middlesex Wildlife Management Area: 8.3 mi
- Marshfield Ledges: 13.1 mi
- Bog Wall: 19.0 mi
- Eagle Ledge: 19.4 mi
- Eagle Ledge: 19.5 mi
- Tower 5: 19.8 mi
- Rock of ages Quarry: 4.1 mi
- Hubbard Tower: 4.7 mi
- Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks: 5.3 mi
- Northfield Falls Covered Bridge: 7.0 mi
- Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 7.1 mi
- War Memorial: 0.5 mi
- 1918 Spanish Flu Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Monument to Heroic Deeds: 1.4 mi
- Robert Burns Memorial Statue: 1.5 mi
- Burned Ranger's House: 8.4 mi
- Warren Falls: 18.8 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 19.4 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 21.1 mi
- Olga's Falls: 22.3 mi
- Cheever Falls: 23.7 mi
- Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion: 4.5 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 8.6 mi
- Norwich University Museum: 8.6 mi
- Kents Museum: 11.0 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 15.1 mi
- Martin Covered Bridge: 7.7 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 15.1 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 18.0 mi
- Flint Covered Bridge: 18.4 mi
- Larkin Covered Bridge: 20.1 mi
- Beavin & Sons: 3.3 mi
- Kettle Pond State Park: 12.2 mi
- Big Frog: 19.1 mi
- Whale Dance: 19.3 mi
- Boulder Beach: 13.6 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 16.5 mi
- Lake Elmore Beach: 22.8 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Accès rivière: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Vermont Granite Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | E 92° | 1,013 m | 9.7 mi |
| Butterfield Mountain | ESE 102° | 952 m | 9.1 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | E 93° | 945 m | 9.0 mi |
| Knox Mountain | ESE 111° | 934 m | 8.8 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | E 79° | 902 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | W 271° | 776 m | 11.1 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | ENE 75° | 758 m | 11.2 mi |
| Paine Mountain | SW 228° | 726 m | 6.6 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 | 19:54 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 15 mi
- Bolton Valley · 22 mi
- Richmond · 27 mi
- Fairlee · 28 mi
- Hinesburg · 29 mi
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