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Winooski Gorge Natural Area

Winooski Gorge Natural Area from directly overhead

Winooski Gorge Natural Area is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Robbins Mountain stands 624 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Colonel Donald G. Cook, USMC Memorial Statue, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont passes 1.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Winooski Valley Parks District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.48837, -73.16331

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Richards Park: 0.8 mi
  • Casavant Field: 0.8 mi
  • Winooski Falls Mill District: 1.1 mi
  • Schmanska Park: 1.1 mi
  • Victory Circle: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 36
  • Colonel Donald G. Cook, USMC Memorial Statue: 0.5 mi
  • Ethan Allen: 1.2 mi
  • Grace Goodhue Coolidge: 2.4 mi
  • Church Street Marketplace: 2.6 mi
  • Millennium Bell Time Capsule: 2.6 mi
Cliffs: 33
  • Powerline A-Line: 6.7 mi
  • The Wall: 6.7 mi
  • Main Face: 13.6 mi
  • Wild West Wall: 13.6 mi
  • Upper Upper West Bolton Shoulder: 13.7 mi
Museums: 29
Gardens: 15
  • Landry Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • West Street Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Riverside Nieghborhood Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 2.4 mi
Attractions: 14
Beaches: 13
  • Blodgett Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Texaco Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Lakeside Beach Access: 3.5 mi
  • Blanchard Beach: 3.7 mi
  • North Beach: 3.8 mi
Artworks: 12
Waterfalls: 11
  • Winooski Falls: 1.0 mi
  • LaPlatte River Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Huntington Gorge: 12.7 mi
  • Five Chutes: 13.9 mi
  • Fairfax Falls: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Covered bridges: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 5.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 5.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 18.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Winooski Gorge Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Robbins MountainSE 127°624 m14.3 mi
Stimson MountainESE 116°608 m15.1 mi
Bald HillE 87°584 m12.0 mi
Flynn HillENE 70°569 m14.1 mi
Feigel HillE 91°526 m14.2 mi
Huckleberry HillESE 111°503 m10.9 mi
Stewart HillENE 58°501 m11.0 mi
Bigelow MountainW 260°501 m15.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2719:05
June solstice05:0919:5720:42
September equinox06:4018:1418:52
December solstice07:2715:2816:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332465868727163503928
Precip in2.11.82.23.13.84.34.13.53.73.82.72.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington Intl AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/947079898

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