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Baker Field

Baker Field from directly overhead

Baker Field is a park in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 460 m. Mount Snow stands 1,092 m to the north-northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaver Brook Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Molly Stark Scenic Byway runs past it.

What the record says

Elevation
460 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.86569, -72.86957

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Beaver Brook Park: 0.2 mi
  • Birchwood Recreation Center: 1.4 mi
  • Dover Park: 5.4 mi
  • Old Muster Ground: 9.4 mi
  • Woodford State Park: 10.3 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 38
  • Massachusetts-Vermont Border Monument: 13.4 mi
  • Hoosac Tunnel East Test Portal: 14.7 mi
  • Hoosac Tunnel - Whitcomb Hill Alignment Tower: 15.2 mi
  • Plow: 15.5 mi
  • Quarried Stones: 15.6 mi
Museums: 25
Artworks: 15
Waterfalls: 13
Attractions: 10
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 5
Beaches: 4
  • The Ledges: 2.2 mi
  • Green Mountain Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Campers Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Ashfield Town Beach: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 22.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Baker Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SnowNNW 337°1,092 m7.0 mi
Haystack MountainNW 323°1,044 m4.2 mi
Houghton MountainWSW 254°939 m11.4 mi
Rice HillNNE 15°895 m8.1 mi
Spruce HillWSW 254°858 m12.2 mi
Hagar HillWNW 288°841 m10.4 mi
Prospect MountainW 274°840 m10.0 mi
Maple HillW 280°816 m11.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2619:04
June solstice05:1419:5120:34
September equinox06:3918:1318:51
December solstice07:2015:3516:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202229415261666558463627
Precip in4.23.74.44.44.04.64.84.84.65.03.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rowe 3NE, 9 mi away.

  • Eastern Newt18 obs
  • Bald Eagle13 obs
  • Tricolored Bumble Bee12 obs
  • colt's-foot11 obs
  • White-tailed Deer9 obs
  • Red-spotted Admiral9 obs
  • Hickory Tussock Moth8 obs
  • Eastern Calligrapher8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/607971434

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