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Deer Leap Rock

Deer Leap Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Deer Leap Rock rises to 770 m in Vermont. Killington Peak stands 1,293 m to the south, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Top Rock, a cliff less than a tenth of a mile away. Crossroad of Vermont Byway runs past it.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35737274, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
770 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.66537, -72.83295

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Valley Park: 2.9 mi
  • Rutland City Forest: 5.1 mi
  • Northwood Park: 6.0 mi
  • Rutland Area Robotics: 6.9 mi
  • Hathaway Farm Corn Maze: 7.0 mi
Historic sites: 29
Nature reserves: 22
  • Giffords Woods State Park: 1.4 mi
  • Chittenden Town Forest: 8.2 mi
  • Chittenden Town Forest: 8.4 mi
  • Mount Carmel State Forest: 8.5 mi
  • Proctor Town Forest: 9.1 mi
Museums: 16
Attractions: 14
  • Beast Mountain Coaster: 3.3 mi
  • Pine Hill Park: 9.0 mi
  • Traditional School Site: 20.3 mi
  • No. 13 School House: 20.6 mi
  • Asael Smith Farm: 20.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Top Rock: 0.0 mi
  • Deer Leap: 0.0 mi
  • Upper Tier: 0.0 mi
  • Lower Tier: 0.1 mi
  • Blueberry Ledges: 10.7 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Thundering Brook Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Irene Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Mead's Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Otter Creek Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Buttermilk Upper Falls: 16.6 mi
Covered bridges: 11
Artworks: 9
  • Rutland Water Fountain: 8.3 mi
  • The Leash Sculpture: 8.4 mi
  • Oculus: 8.6 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 16.1 mi
  • Mandala II: 17.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Vermont Welcome Center - Sharon: 20.8 mi
  • Robert Frost Wayside: 22.0 mi
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 23.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lions Club Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • White River Swimming Spot: 19.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Deer Leap Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Killington PeakS 171°1,293 m4.3 mi
Pico PeakS 186°1,206 m1.8 mi
Little KillingtonS 176°1,194 m5.1 mi
Mendon PeakS 188°1,170 m4.9 mi
Skye PeakSSE 158°1,158 m4.3 mi
Shrewsbury PeakSSE 167°1,122 m6.2 mi
Ramshead PeakS 169°1,100 m2.8 mi
Snowdon PeakS 169°1,095 m3.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2619:04
June solstice05:1119:5320:37
September equinox06:3918:1318:51
December solstice07:2215:3116:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192130435564686658473626
Precip in2.72.22.73.13.64.34.64.03.44.02.83.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rutland, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356555004

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