Park · Vermont
Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area
Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area is a park in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 44 m. Bald Peak stands 624 m to the west-southwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is MacDonough Park, a park 3.0 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 5.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 44 m
How to reach it
Coordinates44.16255, -73.31707
- 5.3 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 8.2 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 18.2 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 19.4 mi off the Mad River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- limited view southeast · 10 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls · 15 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 21 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- MacDonough Park: 3.0 mi
- Little Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Ballard Park: 5.8 mi
- Lee Park: 6.0 mi
- New Haven Commons: 8.5 mi
Peaks
- Marsh Hill: 4.3 mi
- Buck Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Bart Royce Hill: 5.6 mi
- Split Rock Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Ainger Hill: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 57
- Scotch Bonnet: 3.3 mi
- Barn Rock Cliff: 4.3 mi
- The Palisades: 4.5 mi
- MacDonough Point: 5.8 mi
- Red Rock Pond: 7.4 mi
Nature reserves: 48
- Cole Island: 5.4 mi
- Coon Mountain Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Williams Woods Natural Area: 8.1 mi
- Eddy: 9.0 mi
- Mount Philo State Park: 9.5 mi
Historic sites: 37
- MacDonough Monument: 3.3 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Northwest Bay Road: 7.3 mi
- Carleton's Raid Monument: 7.8 mi
- Grave of Timothy Clark Smith: 8.4 mi
Museums: 24
- Lake Champlain Maritime Museum: 3.1 mi
- Robeby Museum: 5.7 mi
- Rokeby Museum Special Collections Library: 5.7 mi
- Chimney Point Museum: 10.2 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 22
- Dog Team Falls: 10.0 mi
- Bittersweet Falls: 10.4 mi
- Middlebury Falls: 12.6 mi
- Bartlett Falls: 13.6 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 14.6 mi
Artworks: 20
- Smog: 12.4 mi
- Youbie Obie: 12.4 mi
- Bench and Table: 12.5 mi
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 12.5 mi
- King Kong: 12.5 mi
Gardens: 17
- Middlebury Community Garden: 13.4 mi
- Formal Garden: 16.2 mi
- Community Garden: 20.5 mi
- South Burlington Community Gardens: 20.5 mi
- Childrens Garden: 20.8 mi
Beaches: 12
- Westport Beach: 5.9 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 10.3 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 11.1 mi
- Shelburne Beach: 14.0 mi
- Oakledge Cove: 20.6 mi
Attractions: 12
- Nature preserve: 7.2 mi
- Vermont Teddy Bear: 14.4 mi
- Steamboat Ticonderoga: 15.3 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 15.7 mi
- Children’s Farmyard: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Powerhouse Park: 10.2 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 10.9 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 11.1 mi
- Footbridge Park: 14.5 mi
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 22.6 mi
Covered bridges: 5
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 11.8 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 15.4 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 23.1 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Robert Frost Wayside: 20.9 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 21.8 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 22.2 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 22.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Lucky Seven: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 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 | WSW 245° | 624 m | 9.6 mi |
| Campbell Mountain | W 269° | 590 m | 10.3 mi |
| Raven Hill | WNW 289° | 586 m | 12.3 mi |
| Barton Mountain | WSW 247° | 574 m | 11.6 mi |
| Belfry Mountain | WSW 249° | 564 m | 12.3 mi |
| Deer Leap Mountain | E 98° | 561 m | 12.8 mi |
| Moore Mountain | WSW 258° | 551 m | 9.2 mi |
| Harper Mountain | W 268° | 510 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:57 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:30 | 16:18 |
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 | 30 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vergennes, 4 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron20 obs
- Osprey16 obs
- Freshwater Drum13 obs
- Greater Yellowlegs12 obs
- Pectoral Sandpiper11 obs
- Canada Goose11 obs
- Wood Duck11 obs
- Painted Turtle11 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/356555862
Day trips start here
- Westport · 6 mi
- Essex · 10 mi
- Charlotte · 11 mi
- Elizabethtown · 14 mi
- Middlebury · 14 mi
- Crown Point · 16 mi
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