Nature reserve · Vermont
Mount Philo State Park
Mount Philo State Park is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 275 m. Molly Stark Mountain stands 894 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Philo, a peak 0.1 miles away. Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont passes 1.0 miles off.
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates44.27875, -73.21412
- 1.0 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 7.1 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 14.7 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Olympic Trail
Overlooks nearby
- LaPlatte River Falls · 6 mi
- Granite Steps · 14 mi
- Waterfront pause place 3 · 15 mi
- C Nature area · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Mount Philo: 0.1 mi
- Pease Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Mount Fuller: 2.6 mi
- Barber Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mutton Hill: 3.1 mi
Parks
- Little League Baseball Fields: 1.5 mi
- Little Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.3 mi
- Willowell Foundation: 5.8 mi
- Wainer Community Playground & Park: 6.2 mi
- Shelburne Town Beach: 6.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Williams Woods Natural Area: 2.0 mi
- Lewis Creek Hill Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- Raven Ridge Natural Area: 3.3 mi
- Essex Quarry Nature Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Shelburne Bay Park: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 40
- MacDonough Point: 4.8 mi
- The Palisades: 8.5 mi
- Barn Rock Cliff: 9.2 mi
- Scotch Bonnet: 9.8 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 12.0 mi
Historic sites: 37
- shelburne mill at the falls: 6.4 mi
- Jaime Two Coats: 7.0 mi
- MacDonough Monument: 7.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Grave of Timothy Clark Smith: 11.5 mi
Museums: 23
- Rokeby Museum Special Collections Library: 4.0 mi
- Robeby Museum: 4.0 mi
- Shelburne Museum: 6.6 mi
- Lake Champlain Maritime Museum: 9.0 mi
- Birds of Vermont Museum: 11.4 mi
Artworks: 20
- Strömkarlen (River Troll): 6.9 mi
- Pomerleau Neighborhood Park: 11.9 mi
- Reverence: 12.1 mi
- Kelis the Afronaut: 12.3 mi
- Hyperbolic Paraboloid: 13.2 mi
Gardens: 16
- Formal Garden: 8.7 mi
- South Burlington Community Gardens: 11.4 mi
- Community Garden: 11.8 mi
- Childrens Garden: 12.2 mi
- Community Garden: 12.3 mi
Beaches: 15
- Shelburne Beach: 6.3 mi
- Oakledge Cove: 12.1 mi
- Blanchard Beach: 12.3 mi
- Lakeside Beach Access: 12.5 mi
- Westport Beach: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- LaPlatte River Falls: 6.4 mi
- Bartlett Falls: 13.4 mi
- Huntington Gorge: 13.7 mi
- Winooski Falls: 14.6 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 15.1 mi
Attractions: 14
- Vermont Teddy Bear: 5.8 mi
- Steamboat Ticonderoga: 6.7 mi
- Children’s Farmyard: 8.1 mi
- Shelburne Farms Cheesemaking: 8.1 mi
- Audubon Vermont: 11.7 mi
Picnic sites: 7
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 13.1 mi
- Footbridge Park: 19.5 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 19.6 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 20.3 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 20.6 mi
Covered bridges: 5
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 5.0 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 6.8 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 17.7 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 20.3 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 12.7 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 12.8 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 24.4 mi
Springs: 1
- Lucky Seven: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Mount Philo State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molly Stark Mountain | ESE 105° | 894 m | 14.7 mi |
| Beane Mountain | ESE 104° | 870 m | 14.9 mi |
| Baby Stark Mountain | ESE 107° | 869 m | 14.7 mi |
| Hillsboro Mountain | ESE 107° | 764 m | 11.6 mi |
| Browns Mountain | E 99° | 704 m | 10.9 mi |
| South Mountain | SSE 147° | 688 m | 14.8 mi |
| Shaker Mountain | E 98° | 654 m | 10.4 mi |
| Norton Hill | ESE 122° | 614 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:57 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:29 | 16:17 |
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 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vergennes, 8 mi away.
- Monarch62 obs
- Herb Robert54 obs
- purple-flowered raspberry54 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee49 obs
- bloodroot46 obs
- white stonecrop46 obs
- large white trillium44 obs
- Solomon's plume42 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/36807871
Day trips start here
- Charlotte · 3 mi
- Essex · 7 mi
- Hinesburg · 7 mi
- Shelburne · 8 mi
- Chittenden County · 13 mi
- South Burlington · 13 mi
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