Lake Shaftsbury State Park
Lake Shaftsbury State Park is a park in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 258 m. Stratton Mountain stands 1,194 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Topping Tavern Museum, a museum 1.8 miles away. Molly Stark Scenic Byway passes 9.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 258 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
- 12.5 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 21.0 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 22.6 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Saratoga Sword Surrender Site Hudson River Overlook · 21 mi
- Eagle Point · 21 mi
- Williamstown view · 22 mi
- Hot Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Spruce Peak: 2.1 mi
- Maple Hill: 2.5 mi
- Trumbull Mountain: 2.5 mi
- The Ball: 2.9 mi
- Arlington Recreation Park: 4.2 mi
- New Skete Monastery: 6.4 mi
- Lincoln Square: 7.0 mi
- Willow Park: 8.4 mi
- Monument Square: 9.3 mi
- Arlington Town Forest: 4.0 mi
- Chestnut Woods State Forest: 5.0 mi
- Goose Egg State Forest: 6.0 mi
- Stratton Town Forest: 14.9 mi
- Washington Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 15.2 mi
- Gov. Jonas Galusha Homestead: 2.6 mi
- Park–McCullough Historic House: 7.2 mi
- Sunderland: 7.2 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Historic Marker: Bennington Battle Monument: 9.2 mi
- Topping Tavern Museum: 1.8 mi
- Shaftsbury Historical Society Museum: 2.6 mi
- Robert Frost House: 6.1 mi
- The Georgi Museum: 9.4 mi
- Shushan Covered Bridge Museum: 9.5 mi
- Brigadier General John Stark: 9.2 mi
- Seth Warner Statue: 9.3 mi
- For Euler: 13.1 mi
- The Owl: 13.9 mi
- Stratton Bear: 14.2 mi
- Lye Brook Falls: 10.5 mi
- Hoosick Falls: 11.8 mi
- Middle Falls: 18.1 mi
- Dionondahowa Falls: 18.7 mi
- Natural Bridge Falls: 20.8 mi
- Mohawk Maiden Cruises: 20.9 mi
- Schuylerville Corn Maize: 21.9 mi
- Taylor Farm: 23.0 mi
- Grandfather Rock: 23.6 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 23.6 mi
- Yellow Barn Farm: 4.1 mi
- Meditation Gardens: 6.1 mi
- Manchester Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Buxton Garden: 20.6 mi
- Whetstone Bluff: 5.3 mi
- The Ox Bow: 22.6 mi
- Witts Ledge: 22.8 mi
- Hoosac Range: 23.3 mi
- Greenwich Town Bathing Beach: 15.5 mi
- The Ledges: 20.2 mi
- Green Mountain Beach: 21.1 mi
- Campers Beach: 23.6 mi
- Paper Mill Village Bridge: 7.9 mi
- Burt Henry Covered Bridge;Henry Covered Bridge: 8.3 mi
- Scott Covered Bridge: 24.7 mi
- Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 14.4 mi
- Mt Mills West Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Lake Shaftsbury State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratton Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,194 m | 13.8 mi |
| Equinox Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,169 m | 10.5 mi |
| Glastenbury Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,139 m | 6.4 mi |
| Lookout Rock | NNE 19° | 1,116 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Snow | ESE 108° | 1,092 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mother Myrick Mountain | NNE 14° | 1,022 m | 13.7 mi |
| Little Equinox | NNE 18° | 1,009 m | 9.2 mi |
| Bear Mountain | N 4° | 1,006 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:35 | 16:22 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunderland 2, 6 mi away.
- Asian Lady Beetle17 obs
- Green Frog15 obs
- Monarch12 obs
- alder buckthorn9 obs
- Painted Turtle8 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee8 obs
- colt's-foot7 obs
- American Royal Fern7 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1118499793
Day trips start here
- Bennington · 9 mi
- Cambridge · 14 mi
- Wilmington · 19 mi
- Williamstown · 21 mi
- North Adams · 22 mi
- Florida · 26 mi
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