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The Commons Park

The Commons Park from directly overhead

The Commons Park is a park in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 163 m. Hawks Mountain stands 645 m to the northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Star Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 3.1 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.29921, -72.47835

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 27
Historic sites: 21
Beaches: 13
Covered bridges: 10
Waterfalls: 8
  • Hidden Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Gerry's Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Pollard Mills Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Lower Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Buttermilk Middle Falls: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 6
Artworks: 4
  • Smith's clothespin: 0.2 mi
  • Newport's Golden Eagle: 16.0 mi
  • Art Gallery: 17.7 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 22.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Springs: 1
  • (seasonal): 22.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of The Commons Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hawks MountainNW 313°645 m7.0 mi
Ingraham HillW 269°591 m9.1 mi
Ball HillWNW 300°570 m8.7 mi
Little Ascutney MountainN 352°525 m8.8 mi
Butternut HillW 267°511 m8.4 mi
Sams HillSE 138°503 m7.5 mi
EaglesheadNNW 335°494 m8.0 mi
Berry HillSSW 203°478 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1019:5120:34
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:2015:3116:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231435665706860483726
Precip in2.72.52.73.93.84.04.23.94.15.13.23.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Springfield Lake, 3 mi away.

  • Black-tipped Darner31 obs
  • Autumn Meadowhawk29 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee26 obs
  • Eastern Forktail22 obs
  • Azure Bluet22 obs
  • Slaty Skimmer22 obs
  • Widow Skimmer21 obs
  • Common Green Darner21 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/442972821

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