Peak · Vermont
Deer Leap Mountain
Deer Leap Mountain rises to 561 m in Vermont. Mount Ellen stands 1,234 m to the east-northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Leap Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 8.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 561 m
How to reach it
Coordinates44.13745, -73.06083
- 8.2 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 12.1 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 18.1 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 28.0 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 14 mi
- limited view southeast · 21 mi
- C Nature area · 25 mi
- Winooski River Walk · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Lord's Prayer Rock: 0.7 mi
- Winona Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- Eagle Park: 1.6 mi
- Sycamore Park: 3.3 mi
- New Haven Commons: 4.7 mi
Peaks
- Bald Hill: 1.5 mi
- South Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 3.2 mi
- Alder Hill: 4.2 mi
- Norton Hill: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves: 38
- Deer Leap Natural Area: 0.1 mi
- Starksboro Town Forest: 4.4 mi
- Camels Hump State Forest: 5.4 mi
- Huntington Gap Wildlife Manangement Area: 9.3 mi
- Means Woods Natural Area: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 38
- Bristol Ledge: 0.4 mi
- Marble Ledge: 7.2 mi
- Sunset Ledge: 7.4 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 7.6 mi
- Tower 5: 8.2 mi
Historic sites: 33
- Grave of Timothy Clark Smith: 5.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 9.1 mi
- MacDonough Monument: 9.7 mi
- Emma Willard Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Court Square: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 20
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 11.6 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 12.6 mi
- Audubon Vermont: 14.8 mi
- Nature preserve: 15.9 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 16.9 mi
Museums: 19
- Sheldon Museum: 10.2 mi
- Robeby Museum: 10.5 mi
- Rokeby Museum Special Collections Library: 10.6 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 10.8 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 12.3 mi
Artworks: 19
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 10.4 mi
- Youbie Obie: 10.4 mi
- King Kong: 10.4 mi
- Two Open Rectangles, Excentric, Variation VI: 10.5 mi
- Smog: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Bartlett Falls: 1.0 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 7.3 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 7.3 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 7.6 mi
- Middlebury Falls: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 9
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 10.9 mi
- Shelburne Beach: 18.6 mi
- Westport Beach: 18.7 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 20.4 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 20.8 mi
Gardens: 7
- Middlebury Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Formal Garden: 20.9 mi
- South Burlington Community Gardens: 21.8 mi
- Finney Crossing Apartments Community Garden: 21.9 mi
- Williston Community Garden: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Powerhouse Park: 20.3 mi
- Accès rivière: 20.7 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 20.8 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 20.9 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
Covered bridges: 5
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 9.7 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 10.3 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 12.3 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 17.4 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Robert Frost Wayside: 12.7 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 20.6 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 20.7 mi
Springs: 1
- Lucky Seven: 9.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Deer Leap Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ellen | ENE 76° | 1,234 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Abraham | E 101° | 1,223 m | 6.3 mi |
| Lincoln Peak | E 96° | 1,212 m | 6.6 mi |
| Cutts Peak | E 80° | 1,198 m | 6.7 mi |
| Little Abe | E 97° | 1,189 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bread Loaf Mountain | SSE 148° | 1,165 m | 11.1 mi |
| Nancy Hanks Peak | E 93° | 1,158 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Wilson | SE 144° | 1,147 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:29 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/5897759463
Day trips start here
- Middlebury · 10 mi
- Waitsfield · 12 mi
- Hinesburg · 14 mi
- Charlotte · 15 mi
- Essex · 19 mi
- Richmond · 19 mi
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