Town Forest
Town Forest is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 247 m. Burke Mountain stands 976 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Chet and Pat Buck Memorial Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 14.1 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 21.1 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 21.5 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Angel Dog Overlook · 1 mi
- North Overlook · 21 mi
- Profiler Plaza · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Harris Hill: 0.7 mi
- Saddleback Mountain: 1.2 mi
- The Knob: 1.4 mi
- Crow Hill: 2.6 mi
- Silsby Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Gardner Mountain Conservation Area: 10.4 mi
- Gale Family Forest: 10.6 mi
- Hobbs Fern Sanctuary: 11.0 mi
- Kilburn Crags: 12.3 mi
- Godfrey Memorial Conservation Area: 13.3 mi
- Chet and Pat Buck Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Leonard Field: 0.4 mi
- Fred Mold Park: 0.5 mi
- Legion Field: 0.6 mi
- Arnold Park/Fountain: 0.8 mi
- Maple Grove Museum: 0.5 mi
- Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium: 1.0 mi
- St Johnsbury History & Heritage Center: 1.1 mi
- Concord Museum: 5.7 mi
- Shores Memorial Museum: 7.8 mi
- Farmer's Daughter: 1.3 mi
- Great Vermont Corn Maze: 6.7 mi
- Greenbanks Hollow Covered Bridge: 6.8 mi
- Kingdom Trails Nordic Adventure Center: 10.3 mi
- A.M. Foster Bridge: 13.1 mi
- Stephen Huneck’s Gallery, Dog Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Civil War monument: 15.3 mi
- Chase cellar hole: 16.6 mi
- Bayley-Hazen Military Road Monument: 16.7 mi
- Mine Shaft: 18.2 mi
- Marshfield Ledges: 16.8 mi
- Artists Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Square Inch Wall: 23.1 mi
- Maggot Buttress: 23.1 mi
- Hermit Haven: 23.2 mi
- Ogontz Falls: 11.5 mi
- Cheever Falls: 11.6 mi
- Bridesmaid Falls: 22.4 mi
- Kinsman Flume: 22.8 mi
- Bridalveil Falls: 22.9 mi
- Boulder Beach: 16.5 mi
- Southwest Cove Beach: 20.1 mi
- South Beach: 20.1 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 22.9 mi
- North Beach: 24.6 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 6.8 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 8.3 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 9.4 mi
- Boise Rock: 24.7 mi
- Moore Dam Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Runaway Pond: 17.6 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 22.8 mi
- Sunflowers: 13.9 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 13.9 mi
- Tree Harp: 14.0 mi
- Kettle Pond State Park: 17.5 mi
- School House Covered Bridge: 6.2 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 17.4 mi
- Martin Covered Bridge: 22.3 mi
- Lac Littleton: 10.3 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burke Mountain | NNE 28° | 976 m | 11.3 mi |
| West Peak Burke Mountain | NNE 27° | 956 m | 11.2 mi |
| Umpire Mountain | NE 36° | 907 m | 12.2 mi |
| Wheelock Mountain | NW 319° | 843 m | 11.9 mi |
| Kirby Mountain | NNE 28° | 833 m | 9.8 mi |
| Miles Mountain | ENE 68° | 813 m | 10.1 mi |
| Ide Mountain | NW 316° | 796 m | 11.3 mi |
| Cow Hill | WSW 253° | 781 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:52 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:24 | 16:12 |
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 | 31 | 44 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saint Johnsbury, 1 mi away.
- bloodroot20 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee20 obs
- box elder16 obs
- common milkweed14 obs
- eastern white pine14 obs
- alder buckthorn13 obs
- colt's-foot12 obs
- Large-leaved lupine12 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1254746787
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