Drinkwater Hill
Drinkwater Hill rises to 631 m in Vermont. Mount Ellen stands 1,234 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Shaw Mountain, a peak 2.8 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 6.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q21551275, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 631 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 22.0 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 28.7 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 29.1 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 10 mi
- Overlook View · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shaw Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Cram Hill: 2.9 mi
- Belcher Hill: 3.6 mi
- Bear Hill: 4.5 mi
- Mount Nevins: 4.8 mi
- Lower Parade Ground/WCC Green: 4.5 mi
- Upper Parade Ground: 4.6 mi
- Northfield Falls Park: 6.8 mi
- Granville State Reservation: 7.5 mi
- Mad River Green: 9.8 mi
- Williamstown Town Forest: 7.4 mi
- Blanchard Park: 13.8 mi
- Hubbard Park: 14.4 mi
- Camels Hump State Forest: 14.7 mi
- Middlesex Wildlife Management Area: 14.7 mi
- Sunset Ledge: 11.2 mi
- Tower 5: 13.6 mi
- Silent Cliff: 15.7 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 18.6 mi
- Bog Wall: 20.5 mi
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge: 2.8 mi
- Brookfield Floating Bridge: 5.5 mi
- Climate Change Yacht Club: 6.1 mi
- Slaughterhouse Covered Bridge: 6.5 mi
- Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 6.8 mi
- Statue of Capt. Alden Partridge: 4.5 mi
- Monument to Heroic Deeds: 12.8 mi
- Robert Burns Memorial Statue: 12.9 mi
- Honor Roll Hancock Vermont: 12.9 mi
- War Memorial: 13.1 mi
- Whale Dance: 10.3 mi
- Big Frog: 10.8 mi
- Beavin & Sons: 13.5 mi
- Chaos Xaxis: 24.0 mi
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 24.0 mi
- Norwich University Museum: 4.4 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 4.4 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 9.6 mi
- Randolph Historical Society Museum: 11.1 mi
- Vermont Granite Museum: 12.8 mi
- Warren Falls: 8.1 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 8.5 mi
- Texas Falls: 14.1 mi
- Bartlett Falls: 17.3 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 19.2 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 7.9 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 9.6 mi
- Flint Covered Bridge: 15.2 mi
- Larkin Covered Bridge: 16.1 mi
- Mill Covered Bridge: 16.8 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Accès rivière: 16.1 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 8.3 mi
- White River Swimming Spot: 20.1 mi
- South Royalton Community Garden: 20.4 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 23.8 mi
- Lucky Seven: 16.8 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 17.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Drinkwater Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ellen | WNW 296° | 1,234 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mount Abraham | WNW 283° | 1,223 m | 11.9 mi |
| Lincoln Peak | WNW 286° | 1,212 m | 11.6 mi |
| Cutts Peak | WNW 294° | 1,198 m | 12.2 mi |
| Little Abe | WNW 285° | 1,189 m | 11.6 mi |
| Nancy Hanks Peak | WNW 288° | 1,158 m | 11.8 mi |
| Mount Wilson | WSW 245° | 1,147 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Grant | W 260° | 1,104 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:25 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:54 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:12 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:28 | 16:16 |
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 | 18 | 20 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northfield, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356553111
Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 10 mi
- Middlebury · 23 mi
- Bolton Valley · 24 mi
- Hinesburg · 26 mi
- Richmond · 27 mi
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