Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion
Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion is a museum in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 160 m. Mount Putnam stands 1,110 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Confluence Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 5.3 miles off.
The story
offices of the governor, in Montpelier, Vermont, United States
Dates from 1876.
Wikidata Q7756395, matched on coordinates and name (10 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 160 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 25.2 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 29.5 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Confluence Park: 0.1 mi
- Turntable Park: 0.6 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 0.7 mi
- Wrightsville Beach Recreation Area: 4.7 mi
- 5th Street Park: 4.8 mi
- Dewey Hill: 0.4 mi
- Goldsbury Hill: 3.6 mi
- East Hill: 3.7 mi
- Beckley Hill: 4.2 mi
- West Hill: 5.1 mi
- Marshfield Ledges: 14.0 mi
- Bog Wall: 14.8 mi
- Immunity Wall: 15.7 mi
- Dome Top: 15.7 mi
- Terra Incognita: 15.7 mi
- Blanchard Park: 0.3 mi
- Hubbard Park: 0.6 mi
- Middlesex Wildlife Management Area: 3.9 mi
- Chickering Bog Natural Area: 6.6 mi
- Middlesex Notch Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi
- Hubbard Tower: 0.3 mi
- Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks: 2.5 mi
- Northfield Falls Covered Bridge: 7.1 mi
- Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 7.1 mi
- Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 7.1 mi
- War Memorial: 4.8 mi
- 1918 Spanish Flu Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Monument to Heroic Deeds: 5.9 mi
- Robert Burns Memorial Statue: 6.0 mi
- Statue of Capt. Alden Partridge: 9.4 mi
- Vermont Granite Museum: 4.5 mi
- Kents Museum: 8.8 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 9.5 mi
- Norwich University Museum: 9.5 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 13.1 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 15.4 mi
- Olga's Falls: 17.9 mi
- Warren Falls: 18.2 mi
- Bingham Falls: 19.9 mi
- Gorge: 20.3 mi
- Beavin & Sons: 1.2 mi
- Kettle Pond State Park: 13.8 mi
- Big Frog: 22.1 mi
- Whale Dance: 22.1 mi
- Gerald K Stoner Sculptures at Underhill Ironworks: 24.2 mi
- Martin Covered Bridge: 8.7 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 13.1 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 17.2 mi
- Flint Covered Bridge: 22.4 mi
- Larkin Covered Bridge: 24.0 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 15.2 mi
- Boulder Beach: 15.7 mi
- Lake Elmore Beach: 19.5 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Accès rivière: 8.0 mi
- Cady's Falls Botanical Gardens: 21.6 mi
- Big Spring: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Putnam | NNW 345° | 1,110 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mount Hunger | NNW 341° | 1,083 m | 9.8 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NNW 344° | 984 m | 11.7 mi |
| White Rock Mountain | NNW 338° | 968 m | 9.6 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | E 99° | 902 m | 11.3 mi |
| Scrag Mountain | SW 233° | 876 m | 12.0 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | NNW 333° | 836 m | 9.0 mi |
| Densmore Mountain | NNW 331° | 801 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:24 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:54 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 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 | 20 | 29 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 48 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montpelier 2, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/366667941
Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 13 mi
- Bolton Valley · 17 mi
- Richmond · 23 mi
- Hinesburg · 26 mi
- Jericho · 27 mi
- Chittenden County · 28 mi
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