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Bobby Comfort Town Forest

Bobby Comfort Town Forest from directly overhead

Bobby Comfort Town Forest is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 529 m. Dorset Mountain stands 1,149 m to the west-northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Lynn Pitcher Memorial Forest, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Scenic Route 100 Byway passes 5.1 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates43.28044, -72.85178

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Farrar Park: 3.0 mi
  • Pingree Park: 3.9 mi
  • Weston Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
  • Lowell Lake State Park: 5.7 mi
  • Jumping Rock: 6.9 mi
Museums: 20
Historic sites: 18
Waterfalls: 11
  • McGinn Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Natural Bridge Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Hamilton Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Upper Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Buttermilk Middle Falls: 12.4 mi
Covered bridges: 9
Attractions: 8
Artworks: 7
  • Art Gallery: 4.1 mi
  • Bear: 11.8 mi
  • Stratton Bear: 13.2 mi
  • Smith's clothespin: 18.6 mi
  • Rutland Water Fountain: 23.4 mi
Gardens: 6
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 1
  • Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Stoughton Pond Recreation Area: 18.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Bobby Comfort Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dorset MountainWNW 283°1,149 m9.1 mi
Dorset Mountain, South PeakW 281°1,134 m9.4 mi
Peru PeakWNW 283°1,041 m4.4 mi
Styles PeakW 264°1,028 m4.4 mi
Ludlow MountainNNE 31°1,012 m9.9 mi
Bromley MountainSW 231°1,000 m5.7 mi
Mount AeolusWSW 254°978 m9.8 mi
South MountainNNE 33°968 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2619:04
June solstice05:1219:5220:36
September equinox06:3918:1318:51
December solstice07:2115:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172128405361666457463424
Precip in3.93.44.14.04.15.04.54.64.05.23.74.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Peru, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1228902746

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