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Dorsey Park

Dorsey Park from directly overhead

Dorsey Park is a park in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 314 m. Ludlow Mountain stands 1,012 m to the west-northwest, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Black River Academy Museum, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Scenic Route 100 Byway runs past it.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.39370, -72.70634

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 24
  • Cavendish Historical Society Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Community Historical Museum of Mount Holly: 5.9 mi
  • The Old Mill Museum: 8.2 mi
  • Farrar-Mansur House: 8.2 mi
  • President Calvin Coolidge Museum and Educational Center: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Buttermilk Lower Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Middle Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Buttermilk Upper Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Gerry's Falls: 14.3 mi
Covered bridges: 12
Attractions: 9
Artworks: 8
  • Art Gallery: 12.7 mi
  • Smith's clothespin: 13.0 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 18.7 mi
  • Rutland Water Fountain: 20.0 mi
  • The Leash Sculpture: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Blueberry Ledges: 11.8 mi
  • Lower Tier: 19.8 mi
  • Deer Leap: 19.8 mi
  • Upper Tier: 19.8 mi
  • Top Rock: 19.8 mi
Gardens: 5
Beaches: 2
  • Stoughton Pond Recreation Area: 10.4 mi
  • Corona Beach: 24.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 23.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Dorsey Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ludlow MountainWNW 287°1,012 m2.4 mi
Salt Ash MountainNNW 336°1,002 m8.3 mi
South MountainWSW 248°968 m3.1 mi
Bear MountainNNW 338°941 m8.7 mi
Terrible MountainSSW 199°873 m5.8 mi
Peabody HillSW 234°859 m8.1 mi
Burnt MountainNNW 342°853 m10.7 mi
Wilder MountainW 271°844 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2519:03
June solstice05:1119:5220:36
September equinox06:3918:1218:50
December solstice07:2115:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192129425564696759473626
Precip in3.82.73.53.83.94.64.03.93.84.93.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cavendish, 5 mi away.

  • eastern white pine19 obs
  • Hickory Tussock Moth15 obs
  • American beech13 obs
  • Eastern Newt12 obs
  • eastern hemlock12 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper10 obs
  • striped maple9 obs
  • red maple9 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/1340630246

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