Nature reserve · Vermont
Duxbury Town Forest
Duxbury Town Forest is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 348 m. Camels Hump stands 1,243 m to the west, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Rusty Parker Memorial Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 3.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates44.33069, -72.77568
- 3.7 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 22.4 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 9 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls · 22 mi
- C Nature area · 22 mi
- Winooski River Walk · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Rusty Parker Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Anderson Park: 1.2 mi
- Waterbury Dog Park: 2.0 mi
- Thatcher Brook Waterfall: 2.1 mi
- Hope Davey Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
Peaks
- Crossett Hill: 2.1 mi
- Mount Cobb: 2.7 mi
- Perry Hill: 3.1 mi
- Blush Hill: 3.3 mi
- Owlshead Mountain: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves: 49
- Middlesex Notch Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
- Middlesex Town Forest: 4.6 mi
- Middlesex Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Preston Pond Conservation Area: 9.1 mi
- Cady Hill Forest: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 31
- Bog Wall: 4.0 mi
- Immunity Wall: 4.9 mi
- Dome Top: 4.9 mi
- Neighborhood Ledge: 4.9 mi
- Pirates' Cove: 4.9 mi
Historic sites: 30
- B-24J bomber crash memorial plaque: 3.8 mi
- Old Round Church: 12.0 mi
- Halfway House: 14.2 mi
- Statue of Capt. Alden Partridge: 14.5 mi
- Big Spruce Old Bullwheel: 15.2 mi
Attractions: 23
- Flavor Graveyard: 2.2 mi
- Ben & Jerry's Factory Tour: 2.3 mi
- Stowe Bowl: 10.3 mi
- Hubbard Tower: 10.8 mi
- Audubon Vermont: 11.0 mi
Museums: 19
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 10.0 mi
- Stowe Historical Society Museum: 10.3 mi
- Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum: 10.3 mi
- Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion: 10.8 mi
- Birds of Vermont Museum: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Olga's Falls: 8.2 mi
- Huntington Gorge: 9.8 mi
- Bingham Falls: 12.9 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 12.9 mi
- Gorge: 14.6 mi
Gardens: 14
- Williston Community Garden: 18.2 mi
- Cady's Falls Botanical Gardens: 18.3 mi
- Finney Crossing Apartments Community Garden: 18.4 mi
- West Street Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- South Burlington Community Gardens: 21.2 mi
Artworks: 12
- Beavin & Sons: 12.0 mi
- Gerald K Stoner Sculptures at Underhill Ironworks: 14.6 mi
- Reverence: 19.8 mi
- Strömkarlen (River Troll): 22.2 mi
- Hyperbolic Paraboloid: 22.9 mi
Beaches: 7
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 13.0 mi
- Lake Elmore Beach: 19.0 mi
- Lakeside Beach Access: 23.8 mi
- Blodgett Beach: 23.8 mi
- Blanchard Beach: 23.8 mi
Covered bridges: 4
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 10.0 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 15.7 mi
- Martin Covered Bridge: 18.4 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Accès rivière: 2.9 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 16.6 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 16.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Big Spring: 15.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Duxbury Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camels Hump | W 262° | 1,243 m | 5.5 mi |
| Bolton Mountain | NNW 339° | 1,123 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Ethan Allen | WSW 245° | 1,120 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Putnam | NE 48° | 1,110 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Hunger | NE 55° | 1,083 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Ira Allen | WSW 241° | 1,051 m | 6.6 mi |
| Ricker Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,035 m | 6.7 mi |
| Dewey Mountain | NNW 349° | 1,013 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:25 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:55 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:12 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 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 | 28 | 41 | 54 | 63 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester 2 W, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1227201592
Day trips start here
- Bolton Valley · 7 mi
- Waitsfield · 10 mi
- Richmond · 12 mi
- Hinesburg · 16 mi
- Jericho · 16 mi
- Chittenden County · 18 mi
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