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Underhill State Park

Underhill State Park from directly overhead

Underhill State Park is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 603 m. Mount Mansfield stands 1,340 m to the northeast, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Halfway House, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont passes 16 miles off.

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.52978, -72.83929

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Casey's Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Moore Park: 3.3 mi
  • Veterans' Park: 5.2 mi
  • Thompson Park: 6.5 mi
  • Wheeler Field: 6.6 mi
Historic sites: 29
Cliffs: 28
  • Devil's Dishpan: 1.8 mi
  • Birnies Nose: 4.3 mi
  • Main Face: 7.5 mi
  • Wild West Wall: 7.6 mi
  • Upper Upper West Bolton Shoulder: 7.7 mi
Museums: 21
Gardens: 16
Attractions: 15
  • Stowe Bowl: 7.5 mi
  • Poland Covered Bridge: 8.5 mi
  • Vermonts Mountain View Tours: 10.0 mi
  • Journey's End: 11.5 mi
  • Ben & Jerry's Factory Tour: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Bingham Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Gorge: 6.0 mi
  • Olga's Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Dog Head Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Sloping Falls: 10.3 mi
Artworks: 12
Beaches: 11
  • Lake Elmore Beach: 15.3 mi
  • Blodgett Beach: 19.2 mi
  • Lakeside Beach Access: 19.5 mi
  • Texaco Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Blanchard Beach: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 13.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 13.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 2.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Underhill State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MansfieldNE 51°1,340 m1.6 mi
Lower LipENE 61°1,256 m1.3 mi
Adams AppleNE 51°1,256 m1.8 mi
The NoseESE 102°1,225 m1.2 mi
Upper LipENE 74°1,208 m1.1 mi
Bear HeadNE 44°1,192 m2.2 mi
The ForeheadESE 119°1,189 m1.2 mi
Bolton MountainS 180°1,123 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2519:04
June solstice05:0719:5620:41
September equinox06:3918:1218:51
December solstice07:2615:2716:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131523354958626154413020
Precip in5.65.35.96.36.97.97.36.97.37.66.77.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mansfield, 1 mi away.

  • balsam fir224 obs
  • Canadian bunchberry202 obs
  • Bog Labrador Tea192 obs
  • bluebead lily186 obs
  • painted trillium163 obs
  • Ghost Pipe107 obs
  • threeleaf goldthread75 obs
  • orange hawkweed72 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/902180866

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