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Whipple Hollow Wildlife Management Area

Whipple Hollow Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Whipple Hollow Wildlife Management Area is a park in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 265 m. Farr Peak stands 1,071 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Gorham Covered Bridge, a covered bridge 1.5 miles away. Crossroad of Vermont Byway passes 6.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
265 m
Getting there

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Coordinates43.67173, -73.06428

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Pittsford Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
  • Hathaway Farm Corn Maze: 4.8 mi
  • Pine Hill Park: 4.9 mi
  • Georgetti Park and Hiking Trails: 5.1 mi
  • Blueberry Hill Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves: 28
  • Sargent Hill Wilderness Preserve: 5.3 mi
  • VT State Land: 8.0 mi
  • Pittsford Town Forest: 8.1 mi
  • Proctor Town Forest: 8.8 mi
  • Chittenden Town Forest: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 26
Historic sites: 25
Artworks: 17
  • Oculus: 5.3 mi
  • The Leash Sculpture: 6.2 mi
  • Rutland Water Fountain: 6.2 mi
  • Mandala II: 7.3 mi
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 13.6 mi
Museums: 15
Waterfalls: 13
  • Otter Creek Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Mead's Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Irene Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Thundering Brook Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Falls of Lana: 16.1 mi
Gardens: 7
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 3
  • Lions Club Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
  • Picnic Island: 24.4 mi
  • Fishbrook Pond Picnic Site: 24.7 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Black Point Public Beach: 20.7 mi
  • Hague Town Beach: 22.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Lucky Seven: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Whipple Hollow Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Farr PeakNNE 32°1,071 m11.2 mi
Bloodroot MountainNE 39°1,061 m10.1 mi
Mount CarmelNE 45°1,027 m10.1 mi
Blue Ridge MountainE 87°990 m8.1 mi
Deer Leap MountainE 90°846 m11.4 mi
Mount NickwaketNNE 25°834 m8.2 mi
Herrick MountainSSW 193°828 m7.7 mi
Daves PeakENE 67°814 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:05
June solstice05:1119:5420:38
September equinox06:4018:1418:52
December solstice07:2315:3216:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192130435564686658473626
Precip in2.72.22.73.13.64.34.64.03.44.02.83.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rutland, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • nodding trillium11 obs
  • Canada Goose8 obs
  • Wood Duck8 obs
  • Great Blue Heron7 obs
  • American Goldfinch7 obs
  • sharp-lobed hepatica7 obs
  • Mallard6 obs
  • Common Watersnake5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356558091

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