Dorset Mountain
Dorset Mountain rises to 1,149 m in Vermont. Dorset Mountain, South Peak stands 1,134 m to the west-southwest, 0.5 miles off. Stone Valley Byway passes 4.9 miles off.
The story
Dorset Mountain, on the border of Rutland and Bennington counties in Vermont, is part of the Taconic Range. The summit of Dorset Mountain is in Danby. An unmaintained hiking trail ascends from the southwest. Dorset Mountain was the site of an unsuccessfully proposed alpine ski resort project in the 1960s. Dorset Mountain is flanked to the south by Netop Mountain, Dorset Hill, and Mount Aeolus; to the west by The Scallop; to the northwest by Woodlawn Mountain; and to the southwest by Spruce Peak and The Gallop, subordinate peaks on the combined northern ridge of Bear Mountain and Mother Myrick Mountain. All of these mountains are of the Taconic Range. To the east, Dorset Mountain is flanked by Peru Peak and Styles Peak of the Green Mountains. The east face of Dorset Mtn. drains into the upper part of Otter Creek, thence into Lake Champlain, and ultimately into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in Canada. The northern slopes of Dorset Mtn. drain into Mill Brook, thence into Otter Creek. The southwestern slopes drain into the Mettawee River, and thence into the south bay of Lake Champlain. The southeastern extension of Dorset's massif drains into Batten Kill, thence into the Hudson River, and into New York Harbor.
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Wikidata Q5298860, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1149 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 12.3 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 21.0 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 23.1 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kane's Falls · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dorset Mountain, South Peak: 0.5 mi
- The Mettawee: 1.3 mi
- Netop Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Dorset Hill: 3.4 mi
- Colvin Hill: 3.5 mi
- Emerald Lake State Park: 2.2 mi
- Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Adams Park: 9.2 mi
- Factory Point Town Green: 9.3 mi
- Rupert Town Green: 10.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 9.3 mi
- The Revolutionary War: 10.4 mi
- Mr. Barbo Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Old Stone Shop: 11.3 mi
- Paul P Harris: 11.6 mi
- Dorset Historical Society Museum: 5.8 mi
- The American Museum of Fly Fishing: 10.0 mi
- Farrar-Mansur House: 11.9 mi
- The Old Mill Museum: 11.9 mi
- Visitors Center Hildene: 11.9 mi
- Merck Forest: 8.2 mi
- Bobby Comfort Town Forest: 9.1 mi
- TNC (Future): 9.3 mi
- Friends of Haystack: 9.4 mi
- Lynn Pitcher Memorial Forest: 9.5 mi
- Natural Bridge Falls: 1.2 mi
- McGinn Falls: 2.5 mi
- Lye Brook Falls: 12.3 mi
- Buttermilk Upper Falls: 17.4 mi
- Buttermilk Middle Falls: 17.5 mi
- Art Gallery: 12.1 mi
- Bear: 14.9 mi
- Stratton Bear: 15.7 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 17.7 mi
- For Euler: 18.3 mi
- Taylor Farm: 11.0 mi
- Ballard Farm: 11.2 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 12.3 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 14.9 mi
- TimberQuest: 15.0 mi
- Manchester Community Garden: 8.9 mi
- Yellow Barn Farm: 17.3 mi
- Southeast Community Garden: 20.3 mi
- Northwest Community Garden: 21.1 mi
- Northeast Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- The Ox Bow: 4.4 mi
- Whetstone Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Kingsley Covered Bridge: 15.5 mi
- Scott Covered Bridge: 24.6 mi
- Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 9.2 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Dorset Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset Mountain, South Peak | WSW 239° | 1,134 m | 0.5 mi |
| Peru Peak | ESE 103° | 1,041 m | 4.7 mi |
| Styles Peak | ESE 119° | 1,028 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mother Myrick Mountain | SW 214° | 1,022 m | 8.0 mi |
| Bromley Mountain | SE 142° | 1,000 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Aeolus | S 186° | 978 m | 4.8 mi |
| Woodlawn Mountain | WNW 299° | 945 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Tabor | ESE 121° | 933 m | 3.6 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 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:33 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1460797 — Dorset Mountain, Rutland County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356555008
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