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Podunk Wildlife Management Area

Podunk Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Podunk Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 488 m. Colton Hill stands 727 m to the north-northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is McMaster Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 7.3 miles off.

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Coordinates43.88837, -72.32991

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Thetford Veterans Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
  • Thetford Park: 5.6 mi
  • Thetford Hill Common: 7.0 mi
  • Thetford Hill State Park: 7.1 mi
  • Union Village Dam Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
Historic sites: 36
Museums: 20
Attractions: 20
  • Solomon & Daniel Mack Farm Site: 6.4 mi
  • Stephen Mack Farm Site: 7.3 mi
  • Stephen Mack Sawmill building: 8.0 mi
  • Joseph Smith Birth Place: 8.4 mi
  • School Site: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 19
  • Vermontasaurus: 4.0 mi
  • Feral Seed: 12.6 mi
  • Peaceful Serenity: 12.7 mi
  • X-Delta: 12.8 mi
  • Foucault Pendulum: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Lasso Ledge: 6.2 mi
  • Eagle Ledge: 6.5 mi
  • Eagle Ledge: 6.5 mi
  • The Palisades: 9.5 mi
  • Holt's Ledge: 13.6 mi
Covered bridges: 11
Waterfalls: 10
  • Upper Old City Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Lower Old City Falls: 2.1 mi
  • The Chutes: 6.3 mi
  • The Chutes: 6.3 mi
  • Glen Falls: 8.6 mi
Beaches: 10
Picnic sites: 4
Gardens: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Vermont Welcome Center - Sharon: 12.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 18.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Podunk Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Colton HillNNW 338°727 m4.8 mi
Hawkins MountainNNW 338°712 m4.1 mi
Patterson MountainN 353°696 m3.6 mi
Flag HillNNW 338°684 m6.1 mi
Brocklebank HillNW 306°642 m5.5 mi
Garden HillN 353°641 m9.6 mi
Gilman HillN 350°614 m2.0 mi
Williams HillW 270°591 m4.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2419:02
June solstice05:0819:5220:36
September equinox06:3718:1118:49
December solstice07:2115:2816:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029425564696860473625
Precip in2.62.22.72.93.54.14.33.73.44.33.13.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union Village DAM, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Calico Pennant36 obs
  • Common Loon28 obs
  • Monarch28 obs
  • round-leaved sundew28 obs
  • Chalk-fronted Corporal26 obs
  • leatherleaf24 obs
  • Evening Grosbeak22 obs
  • American Royal Fern21 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/912201471

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