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Butternut Hill

Butternut Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Butternut Hill rises to 461 m in Vermont. Goodwin Mountain stands 852 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lord's Creek Covered Bridge, a covered bridge 1.2 miles away. Chemin des Cantons passes 14 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q35730946, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
461 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.81060, -72.24399

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 46
  • Pomerleau Park: 8.9 mi
  • Gardner Memorial Park: 9.1 mi
  • Prouty Beach & Campground: 9.6 mi
  • Memorial Park: 9.6 mi
  • Craftsbury Common Park: 12.8 mi
Museums: 13
Nature reserves: 12
Attractions: 10
Covered bridges: 9
Beaches: 7
  • ROL Camp Beach: 2.7 mi
  • North Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Balm of Gilead Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Southwest Cove Beach: 12.2 mi
  • South Beach: 12.3 mi
Historic sites: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cheever Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Cadys falls: 24.2 mi
  • Dog Head Falls: 24.9 mi
  • Sloping Falls: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Runaway Pond: 12.4 mi
  • Lake Memphremagog Buffers: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Bald Hill: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Cady's Falls Botanical Gardens: 24.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Butternut Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goodwin MountainESE 102°852 m11.9 mi
Mount PisgahESE 118°849 m11.9 mi
Haystack MountainESE 110°845 m12.7 mi
Mount HorSE 126°810 m11.5 mi
Mount NorrisWSW 249°760 m12.5 mi
Granby MountainSSE 146°725 m11.6 mi
Wheeler MountainSE 125°721 m9.2 mi
Hinton HillE 94°720 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:01
June solstice05:0419:5420:39
September equinox06:3718:1018:48
December solstice07:2415:2316:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141626405362676558453321
Precip in2.82.42.83.33.94.54.54.43.94.33.43.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1460365 — Butternut Hill, Orleans County, Vermont.

OpenStreetMap element node/356554896

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