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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: 11
  • 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 MountainESE 115°843 m7.4 mi
Ide MountainESE 122°796 m7.8 mi
Stannard MountainSE 143°779 m6.9 mi
Round MountainSE 140°774 m8.0 mi
Woodbury MountainSW 216°756 m10.9 mi
Kittredge HillsSE 146°730 m10.7 mi
Granby MountainENE 62°725 m10.1 mi
Black HillsNE 45°697 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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