Bread Loaf Mountain
Bread Loaf Mountain rises to 1,165 m in Vermont. Mount Abraham stands 1,223 m to the north, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Wilson, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 4.4 miles off.
The story
Bread Loaf Mountain is a mountain located in Addison County, Vermont, in the Breadloaf Wilderness in the Green Mountain National Forest. The mountain is part of the central Green Mountains. Bread Loaf Mountain is flanked to the northeast by Mount Wilson, part of Vermont's Presidential Range. The southeast end of Bread Loaf Mountain drains into the headwaters of the White River, thence into the Connecticut River which drains into Long Island Sound in Connecticut. The east side of Bread Loaf Mountain drains into the headwaters of the New Haven River, thence into Otter Creek, Lake Champlain, Canada's Richelieu River, the Saint Lawrence River, and ultimately into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The northern part of the west side of Bread Loaf Mountain drains into Blue Bank Brook, thence into the New Haven River. The southern part of the west side of Bread Loaf Mountain drains into Sparks Brook and the Middle Branch of the Middlebury River, thence into the Middlebury River at Ripton and Otter Creek. The Long Trail, a 272-mile (438 km) hiking trail running the length of Vermont, crosses the southeastern flank of Bread Loaf Mountain. The actual summit is reached by a spur path from the Long Trail that leads northwest to an outlook. This section of the Long Trail may be accessed in various ways: via the Skyline Pond Trail off USFS 59 (Steam Mill Road), via the Clark Brook Trail off USFS 55, or via the Emily Proctor Trail off USFS 201.
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Wikidata Q8525020, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1165 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 17.1 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 23.0 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 23.5 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 16 mi
- Overlook View · 18 mi
- limited view southeast · 27 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Wilson: 0.8 mi
- Battell Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Mount Roosevelt: 1.7 mi
- Boyce Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Little Hans Peak: 2.6 mi
- Granville State Reservation: 5.6 mi
- Harold Curtiss Recreational Park: 7.9 mi
- Eagle Park: 9.6 mi
- Sycamore Park: 9.9 mi
- Lord's Prayer Rock: 10.8 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 9.2 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 9.5 mi
- Means Woods Natural Area: 10.4 mi
- Battell Woods Natural Area: 10.5 mi
- Deer Leap Natural Area: 11.1 mi
- Robert Frost Summer Home: 4.0 mi
- Honor Roll Hancock Vermont: 7.5 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Court Square: 11.2 mi
- Frederick Douglass Launched The One Hundred Conventions: 11.2 mi
- Silent Cliff: 4.8 mi
- Sunset Ledge: 6.0 mi
- Marble Ledge: 10.2 mi
- The Great Cliff: 10.9 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 11.4 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 4.6 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 7.5 mi
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge: 15.0 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 16.4 mi
- Brookfield Floating Bridge: 17.0 mi
- Sheldon Museum: 11.4 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 11.7 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 13.6 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 14.2 mi
- Randolph Historical Society Museum: 14.7 mi
- Queen Connie: 11.5 mi
- Around and About: 11.6 mi
- Chaos Xaxis: 11.6 mi
- LOVE: 11.6 mi
- Two-Way Mirror Curved Hedge Zig-Zag Labyrinth: 11.6 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 4.7 mi
- Texas Falls: 5.0 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 7.4 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 7.4 mi
- Warren Falls: 7.5 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 8.6 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 11.8 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 14.2 mi
- Gorham Covered Bridge: 22.8 mi
- Cilley Covered Bridge: 23.3 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 11.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 24.2 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 24.7 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 24.7 mi
- South Royalton Community Garden: 24.7 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Accès rivière: 24.1 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 11.2 mi
- White River Swimming Spot: 24.4 mi
- Lucky Seven: 4.0 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 4.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Bread Loaf Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Abraham | N 2° | 1,223 m | 8.2 mi |
| Lincoln Peak | N 4° | 1,212 m | 8.6 mi |
| Cutts Peak | N 4° | 1,198 m | 10.5 mi |
| Little Abe | N 4° | 1,189 m | 8.5 mi |
| Nancy Hanks Peak | N 4° | 1,158 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Wilson | ENE 77° | 1,147 m | 0.8 mi |
| Mount Grant | NNE 13° | 1,104 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Roosevelt | NE 43° | 1,073 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:55 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:30 | 16:17 |
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 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 52 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 34 | 23 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lincoln, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356554946
Day trips start here
- Middlebury · 10 mi
- Waitsfield · 14 mi
- Hinesburg · 24 mi
- Crown Point · 25 mi
- Charlotte · 26 mi
- Richmond · 28 mi
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