North Springfield Lake Recreation Area
North Springfield Lake Recreation Area is a park in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 148 m. Mt Ascutney stands 954 m to the north-northeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Tolles Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 4.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 148 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 7.5 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 16.8 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 20.8 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 13 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 16 mi
- Lincoln Covered Bridge · 17 mi
- Mt Tom · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tolles Hill: 0.6 mi
- Butterfield Hill: 0.8 mi
- Pudding Hill: 2.1 mi
- Camp Hill: 2.5 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 2.9 mi
- Springfield Nature Area: 1.2 mi
- Weathersfield Center Historic District: 2.3 mi
- Hawks Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 3.3 mi
- Riverside Park: 3.6 mi
- Comptu Cascade Park: 4.1 mi
- Lord State Forest: 5.0 mi
- Spaulding Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
- Cornish Town Forest: 8.4 mi
- Unity Town Forest: 8.5 mi
- Judkins Farm County Land: 8.6 mi
- Springfield Art and Historical Society Museum: 2.1 mi
- Cavendish Historical Society Museum: 5.8 mi
- The Fort at No. 4: 7.9 mi
- The Fort at No 4: 7.9 mi
- Cornish Colony Museum: 10.1 mi
- Former Salmond Covered Bridge Site: 1.1 mi
- The Gage Accident: 5.6 mi
- Indian Stones: 6.4 mi
- Stone Hut Site: 6.6 mi
- civil war: 8.1 mi
- Stoughton Pond Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Corona Beach: 16.1 mi
- Croydon Town Beach: 19.2 mi
- Dewey Beach: 21.3 mi
- State Park Beach: 22.1 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 1.0 mi
- Upper Falls Covered Bridge: 3.0 mi
- Salmond Covered Bridge: 4.8 mi
- Best's Covered Bridge: 6.8 mi
- Bartonsville Covered Bridge: 9.4 mi
- Hidden Falls: 6.5 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 7.4 mi
- Buttermilk Lower Falls: 12.5 mi
- Buttermilk Middle Falls: 12.6 mi
- Buttermilk Upper Falls: 12.7 mi
- Green Mountain Railroad: 7.6 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 17.4 mi
- TimberQuest: 17.5 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 17.9 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 18.0 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 4.1 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 16.6 mi
- Art Gallery: 18.2 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 18.6 mi
- The Wrecker: 24.2 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 4.1 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 23.6 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 23.9 mi
- Table Rock: 15.8 mi
- Blueberry Ledges: 16.6 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 19.8 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 21.5 mi
- (seasonal): 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of North Springfield Lake Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Ascutney | NNE 22° | 954 m | 6.4 mi |
| Ascutney North | NNE 22° | 944 m | 6.6 mi |
| Ascutney South | NNE 24° | 880 m | 6.1 mi |
| Steadman Hill | WSW 248° | 705 m | 9.2 mi |
| Hawks Mountain | W 280° | 645 m | 4.0 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NW 315° | 618 m | 9.1 mi |
| Whetstone Hill | W 266° | 608 m | 9.2 mi |
| Ingraham Hill | WSW 242° | 591 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:51 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:31 | 16:18 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Springfield Lake, 1 mi away.
- Widow Skimmer36 obs
- Eastern Forktail29 obs
- Monarch20 obs
- Common Whitetail15 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk14 obs
- Twelve-spotted Skimmer13 obs
- pickerelweed12 obs
- American Toad12 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/356558272
Day trips start here
- Brownsville · 8 mi
- Claremont · 8 mi
- Cornish · 10 mi
- Windsor · 10 mi
- Woodstock · 19 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 20 mi
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