Fort Dummer State Park
Fort Dummer State Park is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 194 m. Jolly Mountain stands 615 m to the west-southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Whetsone Park, a park 2.0 miles away. Molly Stark Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 194 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
- 0.9 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 9.7 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 14.0 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- stone post view · 3 mi
- Dort Knob Vista · 5 mi
- Hubbard Hill Vista · 6 mi
- Beal's Knob Vista · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Whetsone Park: 2.0 mi
- Living Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Lynch Park: 2.1 mi
- Crowell Playground: 2.2 mi
- Creamery Bridge Park: 2.3 mi
- Oak Hill: 2.3 mi
- Wantastiquet Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Daniels Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Bear Mountain: 3.8 mi
- East Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Wantastiquet Mountain Natural Area: 2.7 mi
- Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center: 3.1 mi
- Whetstone Woods: 3.2 mi
- Madame Sherri Forest: 3.7 mi
- Bear Mountain State Forest: 4.0 mi
- Hinsdale Raceway: 2.0 mi
- Massachusetts-Vermont Border Monument: 8.2 mi
- New Hampshire/Vermont/Massachusetts Tri-State Granite Marker: 8.4 mi
- Poet's Seat Tower: 15.6 mi
- Oya Hill: 16.2 mi
- Brattleboro Museum & Art Center: 2.2 mi
- Antique Carriage and Sleigh Museum: 6.5 mi
- Powers Institute Museum: 10.2 mi
- Great Falls Discovery Center: 14.5 mi
- The Warwick Historical Society and Museum: 15.0 mi
- Mine Ledge: 2.9 mi
- Table Rock: 12.5 mi
- Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 16.0 mi
- Introductory Buttress: 16.0 mi
- Main Wall: 16.0 mi
- rock overhang: 15.5 mi
- Wolves Den: 15.5 mi
- rock scramble: 15.6 mi
- hole in wall: 15.7 mi
- Hermit's Castle: 16.0 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 5.2 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 10.4 mi
- Hobo Falls: 12.5 mi
- Falls Brook Falls: 16.7 mi
- Royalston Falls: 17.8 mi
- Molly Stark: 15.8 mi
- Reaching: 16.3 mi
- Aurora: 16.4 mi
- Greenfield Money Tree: 16.4 mi
- Trinity Bicycle Shop: 16.4 mi
- Green Mountain Beach: 13.2 mi
- The Ledges: 15.6 mi
- Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 16.4 mi
- Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 21.9 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 22.8 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 2.3 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 5.9 mi
- Scott Covered Bridge: 17.1 mi
- Hall Bridge: 22.3 mi
- Just Roots Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 20.6 mi
- Community Garden: 25.0 mi
- Mt Mills West Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Wright Grove: 18.1 mi
- Day Use Area: 22.8 mi
- Falcon Spring: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Fort Dummer State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jolly Mountain | WSW 250° | 615 m | 8.5 mi |
| Lyman Hill | WNW 288° | 607 m | 8.7 mi |
| Chase Hill | W 273° | 567 m | 7.2 mi |
| Dummerston Hill | NW 318° | 500 m | 7.7 mi |
| Governors Mountain | W 275° | 497 m | 5.2 mi |
| French Hill | WSW 238° | 473 m | 7.1 mi |
| Ginseng Hill | WNW 291° | 459 m | 4.7 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 306° | 441 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:25 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
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 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keene, 15 mi away.
- Osprey23 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle22 obs
- eastern hemlock16 obs
- eastern white pine16 obs
- azure bluet16 obs
- Eastern Newt15 obs
- American Toad15 obs
- American chestnut14 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/561277100
Day trips start here
- Brattleboro · 2 mi
- Swanzey · 15 mi
- Gill · 16 mi
- Greenfield · 16 mi
- Wilmington · 16 mi
- Charlemont · 17 mi
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