Nature reserve · Vermont
Woodside Natural Area
Woodside Natural Area is a nature reserve in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Mount Clark stands 903 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Ethan Allen Parade Grounds and Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont passes 1.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Winooski Valley Parks District
How to reach it
Coordinates44.50161, -73.14255
- 1.9 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 13.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 16.8 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 22.6 mi off the Mad River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- C Nature area · 2 mi
- Winooski River Walk · 2 mi
- Granite Steps · 4 mi
- Waterfront pause place 3 · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Fort Ethan Allen Parade Grounds and Park: 0.3 mi
- Essex Overlook: 0.3 mi
- Pearl Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Stevens Park: 1.6 mi
- Richards Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Saint Michael's College Natural Area: 0.7 mi
- Winooski Gorge Natural Area: 1.4 mi
- Gilbrook Natural Area: 1.4 mi
- Casavant Natural Area: 2.0 mi
- Sunny Hollow Natural Area: 2.0 mi
Peaks
- Brigham Hill: 4.4 mi
- Saxon Hill: 5.9 mi
- Indian Lookout: 6.4 mi
- Brownell Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Malletts Head: 6.7 mi
Historic sites: 36
- Colonel Donald G. Cook, USMC Memorial Statue: 1.0 mi
- Ethan Allen: 2.5 mi
- Grace Goodhue Coolidge: 3.7 mi
- Millennium Bell Time Capsule: 3.9 mi
- Church Street Marketplace: 3.9 mi
Cliffs: 32
- Powerline A-Line: 6.2 mi
- The Wall: 6.3 mi
- Main Face: 13.0 mi
- Wild West Wall: 13.0 mi
- Upper Upper West Bolton Shoulder: 13.0 mi
Museums: 29
- Vermont National Guard Library & Museum: 0.7 mi
- Fleming Museum of Art: 3.1 mi
- ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain: 4.2 mi
- Ethan Allen Homestead Museum: 4.3 mi
- Craig's: 5.3 mi
Gardens: 15
- West Street Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Landry Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 3.3 mi
Attractions: 15
- F16 Vermont Air National Guard: 1.7 mi
- Spirit Ethan Allen: 4.3 mi
- Shelburne Farms Cheesemaking: 9.4 mi
- Children’s Farmyard: 9.5 mi
- Steamboat Ticonderoga: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Winooski Falls: 2.2 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls: 9.7 mi
- Huntington Gorge: 12.6 mi
- Five Chutes: 12.7 mi
- Fairfax Falls: 12.8 mi
Artworks: 12
- Catamount Statue: 3.2 mi
- Hyperbolic Paraboloid: 3.5 mi
- Reverence: 3.9 mi
- Grey Lock: 4.0 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 12
- Blodgett Beach: 4.5 mi
- Texaco Beach: 4.5 mi
- Lakeside Beach Access: 4.9 mi
- North Beach: 4.9 mi
- Blanchard Beach: 5.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 3.8 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 20.0 mi
- Accès rivière: 24.5 mi
Covered bridges: 4
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 9.6 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 13.5 mi
- Montgomery Covered Bridge: 23.5 mi
- Jaynes Covered Bridge: 23.9 mi
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: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Woodside Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Clark | E 96° | 903 m | 14.9 mi |
| Robbins Mountain | SE 132° | 624 m | 14.1 mi |
| Stimson Mountain | ESE 121° | 608 m | 14.6 mi |
| Bald Hill | E 91° | 584 m | 11.0 mi |
| Flynn Hill | ENE 73° | 569 m | 12.9 mi |
| Feigel Hill | E 95° | 526 m | 13.3 mi |
| Huckleberry Hill | ESE 118° | 503 m | 10.4 mi |
| Stewart Hill | ENE 60° | 501 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:57 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:28 | 16:16 |
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 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Essex Junction 1 N, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/583970134
Day trips start here
- Essex · 2 mi
- Winooski · 2 mi
- South Burlington · 3 mi
- Burlington · 4 mi
- Chittenden County · 4 mi
- Colchester · 4 mi
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