Nature reserve · Vermont
Camels Hump State Forest
Camels Hump State Forest is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 621 m. Camels Hump stands 1,243 m to the north-northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Baby Stark Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 1.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates44.20287, -72.95333
- 1.2 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 14.4 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 21.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 8 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls · 17 mi
- C Nature area · 23 mi
- Winooski River Walk · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Baby Stark Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Stark Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Molly Stark Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Beane Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Hillsboro Mountain: 2.5 mi
Parks
- Mad River Green: 5.9 mi
- Eagle Park: 6.8 mi
- Lord's Prayer Rock: 7.6 mi
- Winona Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
- Willowell Foundation: 8.1 mi
Nature reserves: 53
- Camels Hump State Forest: 1.9 mi
- Huntington Gap Wildlife Manangement Area: 2.4 mi
- Starksboro Town Forest: 4.1 mi
- Starksboro Town Forest: 4.1 mi
- Deer Leap Natural Area: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 40
- Tower 5: 1.6 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 7.2 mi
- Sunset Ledge: 8.0 mi
- Thieves' Wall: 11.5 mi
- Bog Wall: 12.1 mi
Historic sites: 36
- B-24J bomber crash memorial plaque: 9.3 mi
- Grave of Timothy Clark Smith: 11.9 mi
- Old Round Church: 13.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 14.4 mi
- MacDonough Monument: 15.0 mi
Attractions: 24
- Audubon Vermont: 10.2 mi
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge: 14.3 mi
- Flavor Graveyard: 14.7 mi
- Ben & Jerry's Factory Tour: 14.8 mi
- Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 14.9 mi
Artworks: 23
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 17.2 mi
- Youbie Obie: 17.2 mi
- King Kong: 17.3 mi
- Two Open Rectangles, Excentric, Variation VI: 17.3 mi
- Smog: 17.3 mi
Museums: 21
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 6.5 mi
- Birds of Vermont Museum: 10.6 mi
- Robeby Museum: 14.1 mi
- Rokeby Museum Special Collections Library: 14.1 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Bartlett Falls: 7.0 mi
- Warren Falls: 8.6 mi
- Huntington Gorge: 11.5 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 13.4 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 13.4 mi
Gardens: 15
- Middlebury Community Garden: 17.6 mi
- Finney Crossing Apartments Community Garden: 18.9 mi
- Williston Community Garden: 19.2 mi
- South Burlington Community Gardens: 19.8 mi
- Formal Garden: 20.9 mi
Beaches: 9
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 6.7 mi
- Shelburne Beach: 19.0 mi
- Oakledge Cove: 22.1 mi
- Blanchard Beach: 22.1 mi
- Lakeside Beach Access: 22.2 mi
Covered bridges: 5
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 6.5 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 7.9 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 16.6 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 18.2 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Accès rivière: 13.7 mi
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 18.8 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Robert Frost Wayside: 17.1 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 17.2 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 17.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Lucky Seven: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Camels Hump State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camels Hump | NNE 22° | 1,243 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Ellen | SSE 158° | 1,234 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Abraham | S 172° | 1,223 m | 5.8 mi |
| Lincoln Peak | SSE 166° | 1,212 m | 5.4 mi |
| Cutts Peak | SSE 160° | 1,198 m | 3.6 mi |
| Little Abe | SSE 167° | 1,189 m | 5.5 mi |
| Nancy Hanks Peak | SSE 166° | 1,158 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Ethan Allen | NNE 29° | 1,120 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:55 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:29 | 16:16 |
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 | 19 | 21 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 36 | 26 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waitsfield 2 SE, 8 mi away.
- Twelve-spotted Tiger Beetle55 obs
- Saffron-winged Meadowhawk54 obs
- Black-tipped Darner49 obs
- Lake Darner38 obs
- Variable Darner34 obs
- hobblebush29 obs
- Atlantis Fritillary26 obs
- Shadow Darner24 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/936172362
Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 6 mi
- Hinesburg · 11 mi
- Richmond · 14 mi
- Bolton Valley · 16 mi
- Charlotte · 16 mi
- Middlebury · 17 mi
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