Emerald Lake State Park
Emerald Lake State Park is a park in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 299 m. Equinox Mountain stands 1,169 m to the southwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Natural Bridge Falls, a waterfall 1.1 miles away. Stone Valley Byway passes 4.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 299 m
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 11.9 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 22.9 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 25.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kane's Falls · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Netop Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Dorset Hill: 1.8 mi
- The Mettawee: 1.9 mi
- Mount Tabor: 2.2 mi
- Dorset Mountain, South Peak: 2.2 mi
- Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 6.7 mi
- Adams Park: 7.4 mi
- Factory Point Town Green: 7.5 mi
- Pingree Park: 10.4 mi
- Rupert Town Green: 10.9 mi
- Dorset Historical Society Museum: 5.6 mi
- The American Museum of Fly Fishing: 8.2 mi
- Visitors Center Hildene: 10.2 mi
- Farrar-Mansur House: 11.0 mi
- The Old Mill Museum: 11.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 7.5 mi
- The Revolutionary War: 8.7 mi
- Mr. Barbo Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Hildene Main House: 10.3 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 11.6 mi
- Bobby Comfort Town Forest: 7.9 mi
- Lynn Pitcher Memorial Forest: 8.1 mi
- Merck Forest: 8.4 mi
- Wendy Evarts Memorial Forest: 8.6 mi
- TNC (Future): 11.2 mi
- Natural Bridge Falls: 1.1 mi
- McGinn Falls: 2.9 mi
- Lye Brook Falls: 10.4 mi
- Hamilton Falls: 15.9 mi
- Buttermilk Upper Falls: 17.7 mi
- Art Gallery: 10.4 mi
- Bear: 12.7 mi
- Stratton Bear: 13.5 mi
- For Euler: 18.1 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 19.9 mi
- Taylor Farm: 9.3 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 10.7 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 13.1 mi
- TimberQuest: 13.2 mi
- Ballard Farm: 13.5 mi
- Manchester Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Yellow Barn Farm: 15.9 mi
- Southeast Community Garden: 22.2 mi
- Meditation Gardens: 22.4 mi
- Northwest Community Garden: 23.1 mi
- Kingsley Covered Bridge: 17.2 mi
- Scott Covered Bridge: 22.5 mi
- Bartonsville Covered Bridge: 24.1 mi
- The Ox Bow: 6.4 mi
- Whetstone Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 7.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Emerald Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equinox Mountain | SW 215° | 1,169 m | 9.6 mi |
| Dorset Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,149 m | 2.2 mi |
| Dorset Mountain, South Peak | NW 324° | 1,134 m | 2.2 mi |
| Lookout Rock | SW 214° | 1,116 m | 9.1 mi |
| Peru Peak | ENE 74° | 1,041 m | 3.8 mi |
| Styles Peak | E 97° | 1,028 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mother Myrick Mountain | SW 230° | 1,022 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SW 235° | 1,006 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:33 | 16:20 |
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 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 40 | 53 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 34 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Peru, 5 mi away.
- northern maidenhair fern37 obs
- Ghost Pipe22 obs
- Eastern Newt16 obs
- pale jewelweed12 obs
- eastern hemlock12 obs
- northern red oak12 obs
- Brown Booby10 obs
- Hickory Tussock Moth10 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/356555025
Day trips start here
- Bennington · 29 mi
- Wilmington · 29 mi
- Cambridge · 30 mi
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