Grand Isle State Park
Grand Isle State Park is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Gilson Mountain stands 598 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is South Hero Bicentennial Museum, a museum 3.0 miles away. Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont passes 0.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 4.2 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 15.6 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 20.5 mi off the Military Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sand Bar Causeway · 5 mi
- Sentry Box Overlook · 14 mi
- Whirlpool Basin Overlook · 14 mi
- Hemlock Heights Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eagle Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Diamond Hill: 5.7 mi
- Bradley Hill: 6.0 mi
- Fox Hill: 6.6 mi
- Malletts Head: 8.7 mi
- White's Beach: 4.8 mi
- Waterfront Park: 7.2 mi
- Sailors Point Park: 7.3 mi
- Terry Gordon Memorial Park: 7.3 mi
- Plattsburg Boat Launch: 7.3 mi
- Eagle Mountain Natural Area: 4.7 mi
- Beeman Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Spoon Island: 6.8 mi
- Garden Island: 8.2 mi
- Kill Kare State Park: 8.3 mi
- Fort Scott Memorial: 7.3 mi
- NOMAD Soldier Sailor Dedication: 7.4 mi
- Champlain Monument: 7.5 mi
- First Building: 7.5 mi
- MacDonough Monument: 7.6 mi
- South Hero Bicentennial Museum: 3.0 mi
- Champlain Valley Transportation Museum: 7.3 mi
- Kids' Station Children's Museum: 7.3 mi
- Clinton County Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
- War of 1812 Museum: 7.4 mi
- Milton Community Garden: 9.9 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 13.9 mi
- Landry Community Garden: 14.2 mi
- Plattsburgh City Beach: 7.0 mi
- Thayer Beach: 9.6 mi
- Thayer Beach: 9.6 mi
- Port Kent Public Beach Park: 12.4 mi
- Leddy Park Beach: 13.1 mi
- Amite Sculpture: 8.4 mi
- Champ sea serpent: 11.2 mi
- The Finger: 14.2 mi
- Grey Lock: 14.8 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 15.2 mi
- Airplane: 7.4 mi
- Goodsell Ridge Fossil Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Ausable Chasm: 14.0 mi
- Spirit Ethan Allen: 15.1 mi
- F16 Vermont Air National Guard: 16.5 mi
- Five Chutes: 11.0 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 14.0 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 14.0 mi
- Alice Falls: 14.4 mi
- Winooski Falls: 14.9 mi
- Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 7.2 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 18.8 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 20.5 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 20.6 mi
- Powerline A-Line: 20.9 mi
- The Wall: 20.9 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 21.8 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Grand Isle State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilson Mountain | E 81° | 598 m | 19.0 mi |
| Leach Hill | E 86° | 510 m | 18.6 mi |
| Stewart Hill | ESE 117° | 501 m | 17.8 mi |
| Bigelow Mountain | SSW 207° | 501 m | 18.7 mi |
| Rand Hill | WNW 290° | 459 m | 16.5 mi |
| Quinn Mountain | WSW 241° | 459 m | 19.6 mi |
| Mount Etna | WSW 239° | 457 m | 18.4 mi |
| Coombs Hill | E 81° | 450 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:58 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 50 | 39 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Hero, 4 mi away.
- purple-flowered raspberry27 obs
- sharp-lobed hepatica18 obs
- Hickory Tussock Moth17 obs
- Solomon's plume16 obs
- common buckthorn16 obs
- bloodroot12 obs
- American hophornbeam12 obs
- American Toad12 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/724195610
Day trips start here
- Colchester · 11 mi
- Burlington · 15 mi
- Winooski · 15 mi
- Essex · 16 mi
- South Burlington · 17 mi
- Chittenden County · 19 mi
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