Springfield Nature Area
Springfield Nature Area is a park in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 182 m. Mt Ascutney stands 954 m to the north-northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Springfield Art and Historical Society Museum, a museum 1.1 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 4.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 182 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 7.7 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 17.9 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 21.1 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 14 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 15 mi
- Lincoln Covered Bridge · 18 mi
- Mt Tom · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tolles Hill: 1.2 mi
- Pudding Hill: 1.3 mi
- Butterfield Hill: 1.9 mi
- Camp Hill: 2.6 mi
- Davidson Hill: 2.7 mi
- North Springfield Lake Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
- Riverside Park: 2.5 mi
- Comptu Cascade Park: 3.0 mi
- The Commons Park: 3.1 mi
- Weathersfield Center Historic District: 3.4 mi
- Lord State Forest: 6.0 mi
- Spaulding Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi
- Judkins Farm County Land: 8.4 mi
- Unity Town Forest: 8.5 mi
- Charlestown Town Forest - Reservoir Lot: 8.8 mi
- Springfield Art and Historical Society Museum: 1.1 mi
- Cavendish Historical Society Museum: 6.1 mi
- The Fort at No. 4: 6.9 mi
- The Fort at No 4: 7.0 mi
- Cornish Colony Museum: 11.2 mi
- Former Salmond Covered Bridge Site: 2.4 mi
- The Gage Accident: 5.9 mi
- civil war: 7.0 mi
- Indian Stones: 7.5 mi
- Stone Hut Site: 7.8 mi
- Stoughton Pond Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
- Corona Beach: 15.1 mi
- Croydon Town Beach: 19.8 mi
- Dewey Beach: 21.6 mi
- State Park Beach: 22.3 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 2.0 mi
- Upper Falls Covered Bridge: 4.1 mi
- Salmond Covered Bridge: 6.1 mi
- Best's Covered Bridge: 8.0 mi
- Bartonsville Covered Bridge: 8.2 mi
- Green Mountain Railroad: 6.6 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 16.5 mi
- TimberQuest: 16.6 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 17.2 mi
- Taylor Farm: 18.1 mi
- Hidden Falls: 7.7 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 8.5 mi
- Buttermilk Lower Falls: 12.9 mi
- Buttermilk Middle Falls: 13.0 mi
- Buttermilk Upper Falls: 13.1 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 3.0 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 16.8 mi
- Art Gallery: 17.4 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 19.8 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 3.0 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 23.5 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 24.7 mi
- Table Rock: 14.7 mi
- Blueberry Ledges: 17.6 mi
- Mine Ledge: 24.7 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 21.0 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 22.1 mi
- (seasonal): 24.3 mi
- Wright Grove: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Springfield Nature Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Ascutney | NNE 20° | 954 m | 7.6 mi |
| Ascutney North | NNE 20° | 944 m | 7.8 mi |
| Ascutney South | NNE 22° | 880 m | 7.2 mi |
| Steadman Hill | WSW 255° | 705 m | 8.6 mi |
| Hawks Mountain | WNW 297° | 645 m | 4.2 mi |
| Whetstone Hill | W 274° | 608 m | 9.0 mi |
| Ingraham Hill | WSW 249° | 591 m | 8.3 mi |
| Ball Hill | WNW 284° | 570 m | 6.3 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, under a mile away.
- Widow Skimmer32 obs
- Eastern Forktail19 obs
- bog cranberry15 obs
- leatherleaf15 obs
- Swamp Laurel15 obs
- marsh calla14 obs
- Monarch13 obs
- cypress spurge13 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/356558339
Day trips start here
- Claremont · 8 mi
- Brownsville · 9 mi
- Cornish · 11 mi
- Windsor · 11 mi
- Woodstock · 20 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 21 mi
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