Brandon Swamp Wildlife Management Area
Brandon Swamp Wildlife Management Area is a park in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 121 m. Farr Peak stands 1,071 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 121 m
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 16.8 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 17.2 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 18.4 mi off the Mad River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook View · 18 mi
- limited view southeast · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Hill: 0.6 mi
- Miller Hill: 1.0 mi
- Stony Hill: 1.5 mi
- Spooner Hill: 1.7 mi
- Woodchuck Hill: 2.8 mi
- Estabrook Park: 2.8 mi
- Church Green: 3.6 mi
- Fountain Park: 3.7 mi
- Seminary Park: 3.8 mi
- Kennedy Park: 3.9 mi
- Barber Ledge: 7.2 mi
- Arnolds Ledge: 7.6 mi
- The Great Cliff: 9.4 mi
- White Ledge: 10.4 mi
- Blue Ledge: 10.6 mi
- Crown Point Road Monument: 2.6 mi
- Hubbardton Battle Monument: 9.5 mi
- Robert Frost Summer Home: 11.7 mi
- Middlebury to Her Soldiers: 12.5 mi
- Court Square: 12.5 mi
- Brandon Town Forest: 6.5 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 6.9 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 7.1 mi
- Sargent Hill Wilderness Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Goshen Town Forest: 7.8 mi
- Queen Connie: 4.3 mi
- Around and About: 11.9 mi
- LOVE: 11.9 mi
- Two-Way Mirror Curved Hedge Zig-Zag Labyrinth: 12.0 mi
- Chaos Xaxis: 12.1 mi
- Brandon Museum: 3.6 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 9.3 mi
- New England Maple Museum: 10.0 mi
- Benson Museum: 11.7 mi
- Mount Independence State Historic Site Museum: 11.7 mi
- Falls of Lana: 6.6 mi
- Middlebury Falls: 12.5 mi
- Otter Creek Falls: 13.1 mi
- Falls of Carrilon: 13.5 mi
- Bittersweet Falls: 14.0 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 9.1 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 10.0 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 11.1 mi
- Star Trek Original Series Set Tours: 13.7 mi
- Pine Hill Park: 16.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 10.3 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 11.6 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 11.6 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 11.7 mi
- Northwest Community Garden: 17.2 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 20.7 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 21.1 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 21.3 mi
- Picnic Island: 24.6 mi
- Gorham Covered Bridge: 12.0 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 13.3 mi
- Kingsley Covered Bridge: 23.8 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 24.2 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 14.4 mi
- Hague Town Beach: 18.4 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 20.7 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 21.3 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 11.2 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 18.4 mi
- Lucky Seven: 13.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Brandon Swamp Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farr Peak | E 99° | 1,071 m | 10.5 mi |
| Cape Lookoff Mountain | E 80° | 1,024 m | 9.0 mi |
| Gillespie Peak | ENE 73° | 1,019 m | 9.1 mi |
| Goshen Mountain | E 91° | 1,002 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Horrid | E 82° | 980 m | 9.2 mi |
| Romance Mountain | ENE 68° | 927 m | 9.0 mi |
| Bear Mountain | ENE 75° | 910 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Nickwaket | ESE 115° | 834 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:55 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:31 | 16:19 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 44 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salisbury 2 N, 7 mi away.
- Red-tailed Hawk9 obs
- Barred Owl8 obs
- wild parsnip8 obs
- ostrich fern7 obs
- Wild Turkey5 obs
- Cliff Swallow5 obs
- Common Garter Snake5 obs
- American Toad5 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/356557860
Day trips start here
- Middlebury · 12 mi
- Crown Point · 16 mi
- Lake George · 26 mi
- Westport · 28 mi
- Waitsfield · 30 mi
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