Houghton Park
Houghton Park is a park in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 115 m. Fletcher Mountain stands 643 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Taylor Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont passes 7.8 miles off.
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 14.7 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 17.8 mi off the Military Trail
- 17.7 mi off the Route des Vins, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sand Bar Causeway · 15 mi
- Winooski River Walk · 23 mi
- C Nature area · 23 mi
- Waterfront pause place 3 · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Taylor Park: 0.5 mi
- Barlow Street Community Center: 0.8 mi
- Aldis Hill Park: 1.4 mi
- Saint Albans Bay State Park: 2.4 mi
- Saint Albans Bay Fish & Wildlife Access Point: 4.0 mi
- Aldis Hill: 1.3 mi
- Bellevue Hill: 2.3 mi
- Saint Albans Hill: 2.4 mi
- Cushman Hill: 6.8 mi
- Bradley Hill: 7.9 mi
- Kill Kare State Park: 4.9 mi
- Elm Brook Wildlife Management Area: 10.5 mi
- Pelots Point Nature Area: 10.7 mi
- Eagle Mountain Natural Area: 11.1 mi
- Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge: 11.2 mi
- Wolf Monument: 1.4 mi
- Veteran’s Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Old Car: 10.6 mi
- Isle La Motte Monument: 12.9 mi
- Samuel de Champlain Statue: 14.0 mi
- Saint Albans Historical Museum: 0.5 mi
- Sheldon Historical Society: 8.9 mi
- Milton Historical Museum: 11.8 mi
- Isle La Motte Historical Society: 12.6 mi
- President Arthur Birthplace Museum: 14.3 mi
- Milton Community Garden: 13.3 mi
- West Street Community Garden: 21.8 mi
- Landry Community Garden: 22.0 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 22.2 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 22.2 mi
- Plage Miller: 15.2 mi
- Plattsburgh City Beach: 17.7 mi
- Thayer Beach: 19.3 mi
- Thayer Beach: 19.6 mi
- Leddy Park Beach: 22.7 mi
- Champ sea serpent: 2.5 mi
- The Finger: 12.2 mi
- Amite Sculpture: 20.0 mi
- Gerald K Stoner Sculptures at Underhill Ironworks: 22.0 mi
- Grey Lock: 23.5 mi
- Goodsell Ridge Fossil Preserve: 12.5 mi
- Poland Covered Bridge: 17.5 mi
- Airplane: 19.5 mi
- Vermonts Mountain View Tours: 22.2 mi
- Journey's End: 22.8 mi
- Montgomery Covered Bridge: 17.8 mi
- Jaynes Covered Bridge: 17.8 mi
- Morgan Covered Bridge: 18.5 mi
- Hopkins Covered Bridge: 22.0 mi
- West Hill Covered Bridge: 22.2 mi
- Five Chutes: 9.1 mi
- Fairfax Falls: 12.0 mi
- Chutes Hunter: 20.9 mi
- Winooski Falls: 22.6 mi
- Sloping Falls: 23.9 mi
- Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 18.8 mi
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 24.7 mi
- Big Spring: 23.2 mi
- Devil's Dishpan: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Houghton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher Mountain | ESE 113° | 643 m | 15.7 mi |
| Kings Hill Mountain | ESE 111° | 601 m | 15.8 mi |
| Gilson Mountain | ESE 122° | 598 m | 10.4 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | E 95° | 577 m | 16.9 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | ESE 104° | 513 m | 16.4 mi |
| Leach Hill | SE 129° | 510 m | 11.0 mi |
| Shattuck Mountain | ESE 103° | 497 m | 16.3 mi |
| Wintergreen Mountain | ESE 116° | 489 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:26 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:58 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:26 | 16:15 |
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 | 19 | 28 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ST Albans Radio, 3 mi away.
- Butternut53 obs
- common buckthorn34 obs
- American Crow32 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander24 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee22 obs
- Common Blue19 obs
- staghorn sumac19 obs
- American Robin18 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 way/684389191
Day trips start here
- Colchester · 19 mi
- Essex · 21 mi
- Jericho · 22 mi
- Winooski · 22 mi
- Burlington · 24 mi
- South Burlington · 24 mi
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