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Wild Branch Wildlife Management Area

Wild Branch Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Wild Branch Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 496 m. Belvidere Mountain stands 1,018 m to the northwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Norris, a peak 3.1 miles away. Chemin des Cantons passes 22 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department
Access
Yes

Official site

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Coordinates44.71138, -72.44468

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 54
  • Craftsbury Common Park: 5.0 mi
  • Hyde Park Baseball Fields: 10.1 mi
  • Moss Woods Nature Area: 11.6 mi
  • Lamoille Union Upper Athetics Field: 11.7 mi
  • Cricket Hill Park and Trails: 11.7 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Museums: 14
  • Craftsbury Historical Socity: 5.0 mi
  • Glover Historical Society Museum: 12.6 mi
  • The Museum of Everyday Life: 12.7 mi
  • Noyes House Museum: 12.9 mi
  • Bread and Puppet Museum: 13.2 mi
Historic sites: 12
Attractions: 12
  • Circus Smirkus World Headquarters: 8.2 mi
  • Journey's End: 12.4 mi
  • Hutchins Covered Bridge: 13.1 mi
  • Vermonts Mountain View Tours: 13.9 mi
  • Walden Mountain Alpaca Farm: 16.5 mi
Covered bridges: 9
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cadys falls: 12.4 mi
  • Dog Head Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Sloping Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Gorge: 18.0 mi
  • Moss Glen Falls: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 6
  • ROL Camp Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Lake Elmore Beach: 12.4 mi
  • North Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Southwest Cove Beach: 20.2 mi
  • South Beach: 20.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Runaway Pond: 12.7 mi
  • Lake Memphremagog Buffers: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Bald Hill: 22.8 mi
  • Devil's Dishpan: 23.4 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Cady's Falls Botanical Gardens: 13.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 20.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Wild Branch Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Belvidere MountainNW 309°1,018 m6.7 mi
Cold Hollow MountainWNW 294°1,015 m13.1 mi
Haystack MountainNNW 330°922 m9.1 mi
Tillotson PeakNW 321°912 m8.3 mi
Gilpin Mountain South PeakN 350°906 m13.6 mi
Domeys DomeNNW 348°882 m12.7 mi
Buchanan MountainNNW 345°875 m12.0 mi
Laraway MountainW 275°830 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2419:02
June solstice05:0519:5520:40
September equinox06:3718:1118:49
December solstice07:2515:2416:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151827405462666558463322

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eden 2 S, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1020953694

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