Skitchewaug Wildlife Management Area
Skitchewaug Wildlife Management Area is a park in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 240 m. Unity Mountain stands 569 m to the east-northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Skitchewaug Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 0.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 240 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 12.7 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 17.7 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 22.2 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
Overlooks nearby
- View of Bellows Falls · 11 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 16 mi
- Eagles Nest · 19 mi
- Lincoln Covered Bridge · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Skitchewaug Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 0.9 mi
- Skitchewaug Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 1.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 2.1 mi
- Hartness Park: 2.2 mi
- Muckross State Park: 2.2 mi
- Freedom Park: 2.7 mi
- The Commons Park: 2.8 mi
- Comptu Cascade Park: 3.0 mi
- Spaulding Wildlife Management Area: 2.5 mi
- Charlestown Town Forest - Reservoir Lot: 3.9 mi
- Judkins Farm County Land: 4.2 mi
- Charlestown Town Forest - Halls Pond Lot: 4.4 mi
- Stowell Forest County Land: 4.8 mi
- The Fort at No. 4: 2.9 mi
- The Fort at No 4: 2.9 mi
- Springfield Art and Historical Society Museum: 5.6 mi
- Alstead Historical Society: 10.6 mi
- Cavendish Historical Society Museum: 11.1 mi
- Former Salmond Covered Bridge Site: 6.6 mi
- naval gun: 6.7 mi
- naval gun: 6.8 mi
- civil war: 6.8 mi
- civil war: 9.1 mi
- Stoughton Pond Recreation Area: 6.8 mi
- Corona Beach: 10.7 mi
- Croydon Town Beach: 17.7 mi
- State Park Beach: 18.5 mi
- Dewey Beach: 18.5 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 6.8 mi
- Bartonsville Covered Bridge: 7.6 mi
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 8.0 mi
- Upper Falls Covered Bridge: 8.6 mi
- Salmond Covered Bridge: 9.6 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 10.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 10.8 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 12.9 mi
- Buttermilk Lower Falls: 18.0 mi
- Buttermilk Middle Falls: 18.1 mi
- Green Mountain Railroad: 8.6 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 18.8 mi
- TimberQuest: 18.8 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 20.0 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 20.9 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 3.0 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 13.4 mi
- Art Gallery: 20.3 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 23.3 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 3.0 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 18.4 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 23.4 mi
- Table Rock: 11.3 mi
- Mine Ledge: 20.8 mi
- Blueberry Ledges: 22.3 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 20.0 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 22.7 mi
- (seasonal): 19.3 mi
- Wright Grove: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Skitchewaug Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Mountain | ENE 74° | 569 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pinnacle | ESE 119° | 544 m | 7.9 mi |
| Humphrey Hill | SE 126° | 542 m | 7.4 mi |
| Davis Hill | ESE 115° | 506 m | 8.9 mi |
| Sams Hill | SSE 158° | 503 m | 5.9 mi |
| Derry Hill | SE 139° | 497 m | 8.0 mi |
| Breed Hill | ESE 112° | 490 m | 7.4 mi |
| Camp Hill | NNW 335° | 471 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:24 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:51 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:11 | 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, 5 mi away.
- eastern white pine8 obs
- common alder7 obs
- bloodroot4 obs
- Black Tupelo4 obs
- Green Frog4 obs
- Wild Turkey3 obs
- Greater White-fronted Goose3 obs
- American Crow3 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/356558423
Day trips start here
- Claremont · 7 mi
- Brownsville · 12 mi
- Cornish · 12 mi
- Windsor · 13 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 20 mi
- New London · 23 mi
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