East Creek Waterfowl Area
East Creek Waterfowl Area is a park in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 27 m. Old Fort Mountain stands 623 m to the west-northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Independence State Historic Site Museum, a museum 1.9 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 2.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 27 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 21.0 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 23.1 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 24.5 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
Overlooks nearby
- limited view southeast · 19 mi
- Kane's Falls · 27 mi
- Overlook View · 27 mi
- Summit View · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Independence: 2.0 mi
- Hardigan Hill: 3.0 mi
- Huckleberry Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Mount Defiance: 3.3 mi
- Needham Hill: 3.4 mi
- Carrilon Park: 4.4 mi
- Bi-Centenial Park: 4.5 mi
- Pond Woods Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
- Pond Woods Wildlife Management Area: 5.3 mi
- Richville Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
- Lake George Forest Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Cook mountain: 4.5 mi
- Lake George Land Conservancy: 5.7 mi
- Signal Buoy Island: 8.6 mi
- Bald Ledge Primitive Area: 8.8 mi
- Blue Ledge: 2.6 mi
- White Ledge: 3.0 mi
- Jolly Roger Slab: 5.9 mi
- Roger's Slide: 5.9 mi
- Arnolds Ledge: 5.9 mi
- Samuel De Champlain Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Liberty Monument: 5.1 mi
- Crown Point Road Monument: 9.6 mi
- West Castleton Slate Co mill complex: 11.8 mi
- Hubbardton Battle Monument: 13.1 mi
- Mount Independence State Historic Site Museum: 1.9 mi
- Ticonderoga Heritage Museum: 4.6 mi
- Benson Museum: 7.1 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 12.3 mi
- Brandon Museum: 12.7 mi
- Queen Connie: 13.4 mi
- Mandala II: 16.1 mi
- LOVE: 16.2 mi
- Around and About: 16.2 mi
- Two-Way Mirror Curved Hedge Zig-Zag Labyrinth: 16.2 mi
- Falls of Carrilon: 4.6 mi
- Uncas Falls: 12.0 mi
- Falls of Lana: 15.8 mi
- Bittersweet Falls: 16.7 mi
- Middlebury Falls: 16.9 mi
- Picnic Island: 16.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 16.7 mi
- Alma Farm Park: 17.1 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 17.2 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 17.7 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 3.0 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 3.0 mi
- Japanese Garden: 13.4 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 16.1 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 20.6 mi
- Star Trek Original Series Set Tours: 4.7 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 10.2 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 17.3 mi
- Nature preserve: 17.8 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 19.8 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 4.4 mi
- Hague Town Beach: 8.6 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 16.7 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 17.6 mi
- Park beach: 20.6 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 15.5 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 20.0 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 22.8 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 17.3 mi
- Gorham Covered Bridge: 17.9 mi
- Lucky Seven: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of East Creek Waterfowl Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Fort Mountain | WNW 286° | 623 m | 8.3 mi |
| Trumbull Mountain | W 261° | 581 m | 9.5 mi |
| Blanchard Mountain | W 272° | 573 m | 9.0 mi |
| Abes Hill | W 279° | 560 m | 9.5 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NW 321° | 482 m | 8.8 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | WSW 255° | 470 m | 8.8 mi |
| Keeney Mountain | NW 311° | 468 m | 9.1 mi |
| Wells Hill | W 266° | 421 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:32 | 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, 13 mi away.
- Savannah Sparrow11 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk10 obs
- Bald Eagle9 obs
- wild teasel7 obs
- Orange Sulphur6 obs
- Painted Turtle5 obs
- Small White5 obs
- Snow Bunting5 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/356555865
Day trips start here
- Crown Point · 11 mi
- Lake George · 17 mi
- Middlebury · 17 mi
- Westport · 26 mi
- Elizabethtown · 29 mi
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