Park · Vermont
Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area
Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area is a park in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 60 m. Bald Peak stands 705 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamilton Hill, a peak 3.0 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 4.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 60 m
How to reach it
Coordinates44.00922, -73.33707
- 4.1 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 17.0 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 18.3 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 24.0 mi off the Mad River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- limited view southeast · 8 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 22 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 22 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Hamilton Hill: 3.0 mi
- Saint George Hill: 3.3 mi
- Hemingway Hill: 3.6 mi
- Rice Hill: 4.2 mi
- Snake Mountain: 4.6 mi
Cliffs
- Red Rock Pond: 4.4 mi
- The Ledge: 5.7 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 9.0 mi
- Marble Ledge: 10.3 mi
- Scotch Bonnet: 12.7 mi
Parks: 50
- Crown Point State Historic Site: 5.0 mi
- Weybridge Cave State Park: 7.5 mi
- Cannon Park: 8.3 mi
- Lazarus Park: 8.4 mi
- Middlebury Town Green: 8.4 mi
Nature reserves: 36
- Putnam Creek Fishing Access: 6.0 mi
- Sheepshead Island: 6.2 mi
- Signal Buoy Island: 7.0 mi
- Battell Woods Natural Area: 9.2 mi
- Means Woods Natural Area: 9.3 mi
Historic sites: 23
- Historic Redoubt: 4.6 mi
- Fort Saint-Frédéric: 4.7 mi
- Fort Crown Point: 4.8 mi
- Gage's Redoubt: 4.8 mi
- Carleton's Raid Monument: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 21
- Bittersweet Falls: 6.1 mi
- Middlebury Falls: 8.4 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 9.0 mi
- Falls of Carrilon: 11.8 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 12.6 mi
Museums: 16
- Chimney Point Museum: 4.5 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 4.7 mi
- The Iron Center: 6.4 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 7.2 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 8.0 mi
Artworks: 12
- Bench and Table: 7.8 mi
- Smog: 7.8 mi
- Youbie Obie: 7.9 mi
- Frisbee Dog: 7.9 mi
- King Kong: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 7
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 6.2 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 6.5 mi
- Westport Beach: 13.0 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 15.1 mi
- Hague Town Beach: 20.0 mi
Attractions: 6
- Nature preserve: 4.0 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 6.2 mi
- Star Trek Original Series Set Tours: 11.9 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 12.8 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 16.6 mi
Gardens: 5
- Middlebury Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 11.8 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 11.8 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 24.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 6.2 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 6.4 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 6.5 mi
- Footbridge Park: 19.4 mi
Covered bridges: 3
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 8.0 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 22.5 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Robert Frost Wayside: 16.8 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 18.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Lucky Seven: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Peak | W 268° | 705 m | 11.4 mi |
| Lock Mountain | W 270° | 629 m | 12.7 mi |
| Blue Hill | W 266° | 627 m | 11.8 mi |
| Bald Peak | NW 310° | 624 m | 10.1 mi |
| Armstrong Mountain | WNW 291° | 618 m | 12.2 mi |
| Barton Mountain | WNW 302° | 574 m | 11.4 mi |
| Belfry Mountain | WNW 300° | 564 m | 12.1 mi |
| Cat Mountain | W 261° | 561 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:56 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 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 | 18 | 20 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cornwall, 7 mi away.
- Red-tailed Hawk14 obs
- Rough-legged Hawk13 obs
- Horned Lark6 obs
- Green-winged Teal4 obs
- Northern Harrier4 obs
- Great Blue Heron3 obs
- Eastern Newt3 obs
- Northern Map Turtle3 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/356555863
Day trips start here
- Crown Point · 6 mi
- Middlebury · 10 mi
- Westport · 13 mi
- Elizabethtown · 18 mi
- Essex · 21 mi
- Charlotte · 22 mi
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