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Baker Hill

Baker Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Baker Hill rises to 587 m in Vermont. Wheelock Mountain stands 843 m to the east-southeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Barr Hill Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 19 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
587 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.60283, -72.29510

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Craftsbury Common Park: 5.6 mi
  • Orcutt Park: 5.8 mi
  • Wolcott Field: 9.1 mi
  • Nichols Ledge: 10.1 mi
  • Hyde Park Baseball Fields: 12.1 mi
Museums: 15
Attractions: 10
  • Circus Smirkus World Headquarters: 2.5 mi
  • Walden Mountain Alpaca Farm: 6.4 mi
  • Great Vermont Corn Maze: 12.4 mi
  • A.M. Foster Bridge: 12.5 mi
  • Kingdom Trails Nordic Adventure Center: 16.0 mi
Historic sites: 9
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cheever Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Cadys falls: 15.7 mi
  • Moss Glen Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Dog Head Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Sloping Falls: 19.0 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Elmore Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Southwest Cove Beach: 15.1 mi
  • South Beach: 15.2 mi
  • North Beach: 16.4 mi
  • ROL Camp Beach: 16.6 mi
Covered bridges: 6
Picnic sites: 2
  • Runaway Pond: 4.6 mi
  • Shady Rill Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Bald Hill: 18.8 mi
  • Marshfield Ledges: 19.0 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Cady's Falls Botanical Gardens: 16.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Kettle Pond State Park: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 24.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 24.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Baker Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wheelock MountainESE843 m7.4 mi
Ide MountainESE796 m7.8 mi
Stannard MountainSE779 m6.9 mi
Round MountainSE774 m8.0 mi
Woodbury MountainSW756 m10.9 mi
Kittredge HillsSE730 m10.7 mi
Granby MountainENE725 m10.1 mi
Black HillsNE697 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:02
June solstice05:0519:5420:39
September equinox06:3718:1018:49
December solstice07:2415:2416:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131726395361666457453321
Precip in3.03.03.33.94.34.55.04.73.64.73.73.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutton, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1456213 — Baker Hill, Orleans County, Vermont.

OpenStreetMap element node/356552447

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