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Kill Kare State Park

Kill Kare State Park from directly overhead

Kill Kare State Park is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 33 m. Fletcher Mountain stands 643 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Albans Bay Fish & Wildlife Access Point, a park 1.2 miles away. Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont passes 5.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
33 m

What to expect

Operated by
Vermont Department of Forests, Parks & Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.77853, -73.18361

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves: 51
Historic sites: 37
Gardens: 14
Beaches: 12
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Thayer Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Thayer Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Plage Miller: 16.7 mi
  • Leddy Park Beach: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 11
Waterfalls: 6
  • Five Chutes: 8.8 mi
  • Fairfax Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Winooski Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 22.3 mi
Attractions: 6
Picnic sites: 3
Covered bridges: 3
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 24.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 24.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Kill Kare State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fletcher MountainESE 102°643 m19.3 mi
Gilson MountainESE 104°598 m13.7 mi
Leach HillESE 110°510 m13.9 mi
Stewart HillSE 144°501 m17.6 mi
Wintergreen MountainESE 102°489 m16.1 mi
Buker HillSE 128°483 m18.4 mi
Coombs HillESE 105°450 m12.8 mi
Pine HillE 98°449 m13.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2719:05
June solstice05:0819:5820:43
September equinox06:4018:1418:52
December solstice07:2815:2716:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171928435665706860483725
Precip in2.11.92.63.23.24.14.13.73.93.92.92.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Albans Radio, 7 mi away.

  • Lepidocyrtus paradoxus27 obs
  • Rathke's Woodlouse26 obs
  • Brickwork Woodlouse17 obs
  • Northern Leopard Frog13 obs
  • Common Garter Snake11 obs
  • purple crownvetch11 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle9 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull8 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/940900650

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