Dorset Hill
Dorset Hill rises to 843 m in Vermont. Equinox Mountain stands 1,169 m to the south-southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Netop Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Stone Valley Byway passes 3.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in Vermont, United States of America
Wikidata Q49025534, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 843 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 13.5 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 24.3 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 25.0 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kane's Falls · 26 mi
- Eagle Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Netop Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Mount Aeolus: 1.4 mi
- Owls Head: 1.7 mi
- The Mettawee: 2.4 mi
- Dorset Mountain, South Peak: 3.1 mi
- Emerald Lake State Park: 1.8 mi
- Adams Park: 5.8 mi
- Factory Point Town Green: 6.0 mi
- Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 8.3 mi
- Rupert Town Green: 9.7 mi
- Dorset Historical Society Museum: 4.2 mi
- The American Museum of Fly Fishing: 6.6 mi
- Visitors Center Hildene: 8.6 mi
- Farrar-Mansur House: 12.3 mi
- The Old Mill Museum: 12.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 6.0 mi
- The Revolutionary War: 7.1 mi
- Mr. Barbo Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Hildene Main House: 8.6 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Merck Forest: 7.1 mi
- Bobby Comfort Town Forest: 9.2 mi
- Lynn Pitcher Memorial Forest: 9.3 mi
- Wendy Evarts Memorial Forest: 9.7 mi
- TNC (Future): 11.3 mi
- Natural Bridge Falls: 2.5 mi
- McGinn Falls: 4.7 mi
- Lye Brook Falls: 9.0 mi
- Hamilton Falls: 16.0 mi
- Buttermilk Upper Falls: 19.5 mi
- Art Gallery: 11.2 mi
- Bear: 12.0 mi
- Stratton Bear: 12.7 mi
- For Euler: 16.6 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 20.4 mi
- Taylor Farm: 10.1 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 11.4 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 13.7 mi
- TimberQuest: 13.8 mi
- Ballard Farm: 14.0 mi
- Manchester Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Yellow Barn Farm: 14.2 mi
- Meditation Gardens: 20.7 mi
- Southeast Community Garden: 23.7 mi
- Northwest Community Garden: 24.5 mi
- The Ox Bow: 6.7 mi
- Whetstone Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Kingsley Covered Bridge: 18.8 mi
- Scott Covered Bridge: 22.4 mi
- Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 6.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Dorset Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equinox Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,169 m | 7.8 mi |
| Dorset Mountain | N 4° | 1,149 m | 3.4 mi |
| Dorset Mountain, South Peak | N 357° | 1,134 m | 3.1 mi |
| Lookout Rock | SSW 212° | 1,116 m | 7.4 mi |
| Peru Peak | ENE 64° | 1,041 m | 5.3 mi |
| Styles Peak | E 79° | 1,028 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mother Myrick Mountain | SW 232° | 1,022 m | 5.3 mi |
| Little Equinox | SSW 211° | 1,009 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
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 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 40 | 53 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 34 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Peru, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1460795 — Dorset Hill, Bennington County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356555007
Day trips start here
- Bennington · 27 mi
- Cambridge · 28 mi
- Wilmington · 28 mi
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