Gilbrook Natural Area
Gilbrook Natural Area is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 92 m. Robbins Mountain stands 624 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Richards Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont passes 0.6 miles off.
Natural Area in Winooski, VT featuring nature trails, hiking paths, bike paths, and picnic areas. Free entry and parking, open year round.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 11.6 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 15.4 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 23.1 mi off the Mad River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- C Nature area · 1 mi
- Winooski River Walk · 1 mi
- Granite Steps · 3 mi
- Waterfront pause place 3 · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Richards Park: 0.3 mi
- Casavant Field: 0.8 mi
- Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Victory Circle: 0.9 mi
- Winooski Falls Mill District: 0.9 mi
- Casavant Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- Winooski Gorge Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- Saint Michael's College Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Sunny Hollow Natural Area: 1.3 mi
- Woodside Natural Area: 1.4 mi
- Brigham Hill: 5.4 mi
- Malletts Head: 6.0 mi
- Brownell Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Cobble Hill: 7.2 mi
- Saxon Hill: 7.3 mi
- Colonel Donald G. Cook, USMC Memorial Statue: 0.6 mi
- Ethan Allen: 1.3 mi
- Grace Goodhue Coolidge: 2.5 mi
- Millennium Bell Time Capsule: 2.6 mi
- Church Street Marketplace: 2.6 mi
- Powerline A-Line: 7.3 mi
- The Wall: 7.4 mi
- Main Face: 14.2 mi
- Wild West Wall: 14.2 mi
- Upper Upper West Bolton Shoulder: 14.2 mi
- Vermont National Guard Library & Museum: 0.7 mi
- Fleming Museum of Art: 1.8 mi
- ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain: 2.9 mi
- Ethan Allen Homestead Museum: 3.0 mi
- Craig's: 4.3 mi
- Landry Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Riverside Nieghborhood Garden: 1.9 mi
- F16 Vermont Air National Guard: 2.0 mi
- Spirit Ethan Allen: 2.9 mi
- Shelburne Farms Cheesemaking: 8.5 mi
- Children’s Farmyard: 8.5 mi
- Steamboat Ticonderoga: 9.0 mi
- Catamount Statue: 2.0 mi
- Hyperbolic Paraboloid: 2.4 mi
- Grey Lock: 2.7 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 3.0 mi
- Kelis the Afronaut: 3.5 mi
- Texaco Beach: 3.1 mi
- Blodgett Beach: 3.3 mi
- North Beach: 3.5 mi
- Lakeside Beach Access: 3.7 mi
- Blanchard Beach: 3.9 mi
- Winooski Falls: 0.9 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls: 9.1 mi
- Five Chutes: 13.3 mi
- Huntington Gorge: 13.5 mi
- Fairfax Falls: 13.8 mi
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 4.5 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 19.1 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 8.9 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 12.7 mi
- Montgomery Covered Bridge: 24.7 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 6.3 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 6.4 mi
- Big Spring: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Gilbrook Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robbins Mountain | SE 128° | 624 m | 15.1 mi |
| Bald Hill | E 90° | 584 m | 12.4 mi |
| Flynn Hill | ENE 74° | 569 m | 14.2 mi |
| Feigel Hill | E 94° | 526 m | 14.6 mi |
| Huckleberry Hill | ESE 114° | 503 m | 11.5 mi |
| Stewart Hill | ENE 62° | 501 m | 10.9 mi |
| Bigelow Mountain | WSW 257° | 501 m | 15.1 mi |
| Red Rock | SSE 155° | 493 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:57 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:28 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 32 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington Intl AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/550532756
Day trips start here
- Winooski · 1 mi
- Burlington · 2 mi
- South Burlington · 2 mi
- Colchester · 3 mi
- Essex · 4 mi
- Chittenden County · 5 mi
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