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Middlesex Notch Wildlife Management Area

Middlesex Notch Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Middlesex Notch Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 431 m. Camels Hump stands 1,243 m to the west, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Owlshead Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 2.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.32528, -72.69369

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Waterbury Dog Park: 2.1 mi
  • Thatcher Brook Waterfall: 2.9 mi
  • Rusty Parker Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
  • Anderson Park: 3.4 mi
  • Hope Davey Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves: 33
Cliffs: 31
  • Bog Wall: 7.8 mi
  • Terra Incognita: 8.6 mi
  • Immunity Wall: 8.7 mi
  • Dome Top: 8.7 mi
  • Neighborhood Ledge: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Ben & Jerry's Factory Tour: 3.0 mi
  • Flavor Graveyard: 3.0 mi
  • Hubbard Tower: 7.1 mi
  • Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks: 7.9 mi
  • Stowe Bowl: 10.2 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • B-24J bomber crash memorial plaque: 7.8 mi
  • War Memorial: 11.9 mi
  • 1918 Spanish Flu Memorial: 12.4 mi
  • Monument to Heroic Deeds: 13.0 mi
  • Statue of Capt. Alden Partridge: 13.1 mi
Museums: 12
Waterfalls: 11
  • Olga's Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Moss Glen Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Bingham Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Huntington Gorge: 13.9 mi
  • Gorge: 14.8 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Beavin & Sons: 8.4 mi
  • Gerald K Stoner Sculptures at Underhill Ironworks: 17.2 mi
  • Kettle Pond State Park: 19.3 mi
  • Reverence: 23.7 mi
Gardens: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Covered bridges: 3
Beaches: 3
  • Punch Bowl swimming hole: 14.3 mi
  • Lake Elmore Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Boulder Beach: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 20.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 20.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 16.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Middlesex Notch Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Camels HumpW 268°1,243 m9.5 mi
Bolton MountainNW 320°1,123 m11.2 mi
Mount Ethan AllenWSW 257°1,120 m9.7 mi
Mount PutnamNNE 23°1,110 m7.0 mi
Mount HungerNNE 26°1,083 m5.4 mi
Mount Ira AllenWSW 254°1,051 m10.2 mi
Ricker MountainNW 315°1,035 m9.3 mi
Mount WorcesterNNE 32°998 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2519:03
June solstice05:0719:5520:39
September equinox06:3918:1218:50
December solstice07:2415:2716:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F172028415463676558463524
Precip in3.22.83.13.74.34.94.84.43.44.33.63.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester 2 W, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1227065235

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