Barr Hill Natural Area
Barr Hill Natural Area is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 594 m. Wheelock Mountain stands 843 m to the east-southeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Baker Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 19 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 28.6 mi off the Chemin des Cantons, National
Overlooks nearby
- Angel Dog Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Baker Hill: 0.2 mi
- Barr Hill: 0.5 mi
- Sharps Hill: 1.7 mi
- Babcock Hill: 1.8 mi
- Mount Sarah: 2.0 mi
- Craftsbury Common Park: 5.6 mi
- Orcutt Park: 5.8 mi
- Wolcott Field: 9.3 mi
- Nichols Ledge: 10.3 mi
- Hyde Park Baseball Fields: 12.3 mi
- Perry Holbrook Memorial State Park: 8.6 mi
- Wild Branch Wildlife Management Area: 10.5 mi
- Buck Lake Wildlife Management Area: 11.3 mi
- Westmore Town Forest: 15.2 mi
- Westmore Town Forest: 16.8 mi
- The Museum of Everyday Life: 4.9 mi
- Craftsbury Historical Socity: 5.7 mi
- Bread and Puppet Museum: 7.8 mi
- Glover Historical Society Museum: 8.7 mi
- Shores Memorial Museum: 14.5 mi
- Circus Smirkus World Headquarters: 2.5 mi
- Walden Mountain Alpaca Farm: 6.5 mi
- Great Vermont Corn Maze: 12.3 mi
- A.M. Foster Bridge: 12.6 mi
- Kingdom Trails Nordic Adventure Center: 15.9 mi
- Bayley-Hazen Military Road Monument: 4.1 mi
- War Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Crystal Lake State Park: 11.5 mi
- Elmore State Park: 13.0 mi
- Civil War monument: 14.0 mi
- Cheever Falls: 9.2 mi
- Cadys falls: 15.9 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 18.5 mi
- Dog Head Falls: 19.0 mi
- Sloping Falls: 19.2 mi
- Lake Elmore Beach: 12.5 mi
- Southwest Cove Beach: 14.8 mi
- South Beach: 15.0 mi
- North Beach: 16.2 mi
- ROL Camp Beach: 16.4 mi
- Lord's Creek Covered Bridge: 14.7 mi
- School House Covered Bridge: 15.2 mi
- Martin Covered Bridge: 22.7 mi
- Morgan Covered Bridge: 23.5 mi
- Jaynes Covered Bridge: 24.0 mi
- Runaway Pond: 4.4 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Bald Hill: 18.6 mi
- Marshfield Ledges: 19.2 mi
- Cady's Falls Botanical Gardens: 16.5 mi
- Kettle Pond State Park: 21.4 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Barr Hill Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelock Mountain | ESE 117° | 843 m | 7.3 mi |
| Ide Mountain | ESE 123° | 796 m | 7.7 mi |
| Stannard Mountain | SE 145° | 779 m | 6.9 mi |
| Round Mountain | SE 142° | 774 m | 8.0 mi |
| Woodbury Mountain | SW 217° | 756 m | 11.2 mi |
| Kittredge Hills | SSE 147° | 730 m | 10.8 mi |
| Granby Mountain | ENE 62° | 725 m | 9.8 mi |
| Black Hills | NE 45° | 697 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 19:54 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:24 | 16:12 |
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 | 13 | 17 | 26 | 39 | 53 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutton, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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