Ascutney State Park
Ascutney State Park is a park in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 564 m. Mt Ascutney stands 954 m to the west, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Ascutney North, a peak 0.7 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 2.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 564 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 11.2 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 12.7 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 17.9 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 7 mi
- Lincoln Covered Bridge · 13 mi
- Mt Tom · 14 mi
- Beacon Hill Vista · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ascutney North: 0.7 mi
- Ascutney South: 0.7 mi
- Mt Ascutney: 0.8 mi
- Horseback Ridge: 2.2 mi
- Pierson Peak: 3.1 mi
- Mt. Ascutney State Park: 1.7 mi
- Ascutney Park: 2.9 mi
- Little Ascutney State Wildlife Manage Area: 2.9 mi
- Romaine Tenney Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
- Field with Leanto: 3.7 mi
- Cornish Town Forest: 3.6 mi
- Cornish Wildlife Management Area: 4.3 mi
- Lord State Forest: 5.8 mi
- Plainfield Sanctuary: 7.6 mi
- Unity Town Forest: 9.2 mi
- Cornish Colony Museum: 3.6 mi
- Springfield Art and Historical Society Museum: 8.7 mi
- Cavendish Historical Society Museum: 9.6 mi
- The Fort at No. 4: 12.9 mi
- The Fort at No 4: 13.0 mi
- Stone Hut Site: 0.7 mi
- American Precision Museum: 3.4 mi
- Indian Stones: 4.8 mi
- Robert Gould Shaw and Fifty-fourth Regiment Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: The Man: 5.4 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 10.1 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 14.5 mi
- The Wrecker: 17.6 mi
- Refuge: 19.5 mi
- Stoughton Pond Recreation Area: 5.4 mi
- Croydon Town Beach: 15.0 mi
- West Cove A Beach: 16.8 mi
- West Cove B Beach: 16.9 mi
- South Cove Beach: 17.1 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 0.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 1.6 mi
- Sumner Falls: 8.9 mi
- Buttermilk Lower Falls: 14.4 mi
- Buttermilk Middle Falls: 14.5 mi
- Salmond Covered Bridge: 2.7 mi
- Best's Covered Bridge: 4.0 mi
- Upper Falls Covered Bridge: 5.1 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 6.4 mi
- Willard Twin Covered Bridge: 11.4 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 11.4 mi
- Green Mountain Railroad: 14.2 mi
- Train: Boston & Maine Engine 494: 15.5 mi
- Lyman Point: 15.6 mi
- Tipping Rock: 16.8 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 10.1 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 17.0 mi
- Life Sciences Greenhouse: 20.0 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 22.9 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 13.2 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 17.0 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center - Sharon: 19.7 mi
- Blueberry Ledges: 14.4 mi
- Bouldering: 19.5 mi
- Table Rock: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Ascutney State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Ascutney | W 279° | 954 m | 0.8 mi |
| Ascutney North | WNW 294° | 944 m | 0.7 mi |
| Ascutney South | WSW 244° | 880 m | 0.7 mi |
| Keyes Mountain | WNW 295° | 642 m | 7.4 mi |
| Green Mountain | ESE 114° | 611 m | 8.0 mi |
| Star Hill | W 264° | 536 m | 7.0 mi |
| Hardy Hill | W 263° | 530 m | 6.5 mi |
| Little Ascutney Mountain | WSW 250° | 525 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:24 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:51 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:11 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:30 | 16:17 |
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 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Springfield Lake, 8 mi away.
- bluebead lily61 obs
- painted trillium56 obs
- hobblebush53 obs
- Ghost Pipe41 obs
- Canadian bunchberry35 obs
- showy lady's slipper30 obs
- balsam fir30 obs
- shining firmoss26 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 node/356552433
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