Big Spruce Mountain
Big Spruce Mountain rises to 713 m in Vermont. Equinox Mountain stands 1,169 m to the northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Stone Valley Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q35727258, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 713 m
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 13.4 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
- 17.8 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 24.6 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Saratoga Sword Surrender Site Hudson River Overlook · 18 mi
- Eagle Point · 18 mi
- Williamstown view · 25 mi
- Hot Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Hill: 1.1 mi
- Grass Mountain: 1.8 mi
- The Ball: 1.9 mi
- Spruce Peak: 2.5 mi
- Dugway Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Arlington Recreation Park: 3.6 mi
- Lake Shaftsbury State Park: 4.5 mi
- New Skete Monastery: 5.3 mi
- The Georgi on the Battenkill Community Park & Museum: 6.0 mi
- Lake Lauderdale County Park: 7.4 mi
- Sunderland: 5.8 mi
- Gov. Jonas Galusha Homestead: 6.4 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Mr. Barbo Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Hildene Main House: 8.5 mi
- Arlington Town Forest: 2.1 mi
- Goose Egg State Forest: 2.9 mi
- Chestnut Woods State Forest: 5.5 mi
- Washington Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 10.8 mi
- Carters Pond Wildlife Management Area: 11.6 mi
- The Georgi Museum: 6.0 mi
- Shushan Covered Bridge Museum: 6.1 mi
- Topping Tavern Museum: 6.2 mi
- Shaftsbury Historical Society Museum: 6.4 mi
- Visitors Center Hildene: 8.5 mi
- Lye Brook Falls: 10.1 mi
- Hoosick Falls: 13.7 mi
- Middle Falls: 15.2 mi
- Dionondahowa Falls: 15.8 mi
- Natural Bridge Falls: 18.4 mi
- For Euler: 8.6 mi
- Brigadier General John Stark: 13.1 mi
- Seth Warner Statue: 13.2 mi
- Stratton Bear: 15.5 mi
- The Owl: 16.4 mi
- Mohawk Maiden Cruises: 17.9 mi
- Schuylerville Corn Maize: 19.0 mi
- Taylor Farm: 22.5 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 23.4 mi
- TimberQuest: 24.4 mi
- Yellow Barn Farm: 3.5 mi
- Meditation Gardens: 4.9 mi
- Manchester Community Garden: 11.2 mi
- Buxton Garden: 24.5 mi
- Whetstone Bluff: 7.4 mi
- The Ox Bow: 19.2 mi
- Paper Mill Village Bridge: 11.5 mi
- Burt Henry Covered Bridge;Henry Covered Bridge: 11.6 mi
- Greenwich Town Bathing Beach: 12.6 mi
- The Ledges: 24.5 mi
- Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 13.5 mi
- Mt Mills West Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Big Spruce Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equinox Mountain | NE 42° | 1,169 m | 8.1 mi |
| Glastenbury Mountain | SE 132° | 1,139 m | 10.5 mi |
| Lookout Rock | NE 42° | 1,116 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mother Myrick Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,022 m | 10.8 mi |
| Little Equinox | NE 46° | 1,009 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,006 m | 8.9 mi |
| Grass Mountain | S 176° | 941 m | 1.8 mi |
| Spruce Peak | SSE 160° | 919 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:53 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:35 | 16:21 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunderland 2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1460608 — Big Spruce Mountain, Bennington County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356554935
Day trips start here
- Bennington · 13 mi
- Cambridge · 13 mi
- Wilmington · 23 mi
- Williamstown · 25 mi
- North Adams · 27 mi
- Capital District · 28 mi
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