Peak · Vermont
Childs Mountain
Childs Mountain rises to 827 m in Vermont. Bread Loaf Mountain stands 1,165 m to the northwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Gillespie Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35734341, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 827 m
How to reach it
Coordinates43.96451, -72.88039
- 2.2 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 13.7 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 26.2 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook View · 14 mi
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 17 mi
- Mt Tom · 29 mi
- Lincoln Covered Bridge · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Gillespie Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Fassett Hill: 1.7 mi
- Blair Hill: 2.1 mi
- Old Sixty Hill: 2.7 mi
- Boyce Mountain: 3.0 mi
Parks
- Granville State Reservation: 5.0 mi
- Mount Cushman State Park: 7.7 mi
- Randolph-Town Recreation Center: 10.7 mi
- Harold Curtiss Recreational Park: 10.7 mi
- Bradbury State Park: 12.8 mi
Historic sites: 26
- Honor Roll Hancock Vermont: 3.5 mi
- Robert Frost Summer Home: 6.2 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Honor Roll: 13.8 mi
- Orested Augustus Brownson: 14.1 mi
Nature reserves: 22
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 10.9 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 11.2 mi
- Goshen Town Forest: 11.8 mi
- Brandon Town Forest: 12.9 mi
- Chittenden Town Forest: 13.4 mi
Attractions: 21
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 6.5 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 10.2 mi
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge: 14.4 mi
- Brookfield Floating Bridge: 14.7 mi
- Climate Change Yacht Club: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 15
- Silent Cliff: 3.8 mi
- Sunset Ledge: 8.8 mi
- The Great Cliff: 9.2 mi
- Marble Ledge: 14.0 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 15.3 mi
Artworks: 15
- Queen Connie: 12.4 mi
- Whale Dance: 12.7 mi
- Big Frog: 13.9 mi
- Around and About: 14.9 mi
- LOVE: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Texas Falls: 2.3 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 4.0 mi
- Warren Falls: 9.1 mi
- Falls of Lana: 10.0 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 11.2 mi
Museums: 13
- Randolph Historical Society Museum: 11.0 mi
- Sheldon Museum: 14.8 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 15.0 mi
- Brandon Museum: 15.6 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 15.8 mi
Covered bridges: 9
- Warren Covered Bridge: 10.2 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 15.3 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 15.8 mi
- Cilley Covered Bridge: 19.6 mi
- Mill Covered Bridge: 20.0 mi
Gardens: 5
- Middlebury Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- South Royalton Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 23.4 mi
- Northeast Community Garden: 24.2 mi
- Northwest Community Garden: 24.8 mi
Beaches: 2
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 12.8 mi
- White River Swimming Spot: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Robert Frost Wayside: 6.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
Springs: 1
- Lucky Seven: 7.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Childs Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bread Loaf Mountain | NW 311° | 1,165 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Wilson | NW 321° | 1,147 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Grant | NNW 340° | 1,104 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Roosevelt | NNW 334° | 1,073 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Cleveland | NNW 346° | 1,058 m | 5.8 mi |
| Battell Mountain | WNW 298° | 1,043 m | 3.1 mi |
| Cape Lookoff Mountain | SSW 211° | 1,024 m | 8.8 mi |
| Gillespie Peak | SW 217° | 1,019 m | 8.0 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 | 19:54 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 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 | 19 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356554978
Day trips start here
- Middlebury · 13 mi
- Waitsfield · 16 mi
- Hinesburg · 27 mi
- Crown Point · 28 mi
- Woodstock · 30 mi
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