Blanchard Park
Blanchard Park is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Mount Putnam stands 1,110 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Confluence Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 5.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Montpelier
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 25.0 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 29.2 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Confluence Park: 0.2 mi
- Turntable Park: 0.3 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 0.7 mi
- 5th Street Park: 4.5 mi
- North Barre Park: 4.7 mi
- Dewey Hill: 0.4 mi
- Goldsbury Hill: 3.2 mi
- Beckley Hill: 3.9 mi
- East Hill: 4.0 mi
- West Hill: 4.8 mi
- Marshfield Ledges: 13.8 mi
- Bog Wall: 15.1 mi
- Immunity Wall: 16.0 mi
- Dome Top: 16.0 mi
- Terra Incognita: 16.0 mi
- Hubbard Park: 0.9 mi
- Middlesex Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
- Chickering Bog Natural Area: 6.6 mi
- Middlesex Notch Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi
- Middlesex Town Forest: 7.5 mi
- Hubbard Tower: 0.5 mi
- Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks: 2.4 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: 4.5 mi
- 1918 Spanish Flu Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Monument to Heroic Deeds: 5.6 mi
- Robert Burns Memorial Statue: 5.7 mi
- Statue of Capt. Alden Partridge: 9.4 mi
- Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion: 0.3 mi
- Vermont Granite Museum: 4.2 mi
- Kents Museum: 8.8 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 9.4 mi
- Norwich University Museum: 9.4 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 15.7 mi
- Olga's Falls: 18.2 mi
- Warren Falls: 18.3 mi
- Bingham Falls: 20.2 mi
- Gorge: 20.6 mi
- Beavin & Sons: 0.9 mi
- Kettle Pond State Park: 13.6 mi
- Big Frog: 21.9 mi
- Whale Dance: 22.0 mi
- Gerald K Stoner Sculptures at Underhill Ironworks: 24.5 mi
- Martin Covered Bridge: 8.4 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 13.3 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 17.3 mi
- Flint Covered Bridge: 22.1 mi
- Larkin Covered Bridge: 23.8 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 15.3 mi
- Boulder Beach: 15.5 mi
- Lake Elmore Beach: 19.7 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Accès rivière: 8.3 mi
- Cady's Falls Botanical Gardens: 21.8 mi
- Big Spring: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Blanchard Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Putnam | NNW 344° | 1,110 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Hunger | NNW 340° | 1,083 m | 10.1 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NNW 343° | 984 m | 12.0 mi |
| White Rock Mountain | NNW 337° | 968 m | 9.8 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | ESE 108° | 945 m | 12.2 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | E 99° | 902 m | 11.0 mi |
| Scrag Mountain | SW 234° | 876 m | 12.1 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | NNW 332° | 836 m | 9.3 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 | 18:11 | 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 way/683717739
Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 13 mi
- Bolton Valley · 18 mi
- Richmond · 23 mi
- Hinesburg · 26 mi
- Jericho · 27 mi
- Chittenden County · 29 mi
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