Foster Hill
Foster Hill rises to 425 m in Vermont. Mount Putnam stands 1,110 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Kents Museum, a museum 3.0 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
mountain in Washington County, Vermont, United States of America
Wikidata Q49030173, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 425 m
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 19.3 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 29.0 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 22 mi
- Angel Dog Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hobart Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Knob Hill: 3.9 mi
- Robinson Hill: 4.2 mi
- Blackberry Hill: 4.8 mi
- Hersey Hill: 4.9 mi
- Calais Town Forest: 4.2 mi
- Plainfield Town Forest: 4.4 mi
- Bunny Farm: 4.6 mi
- East Montpelier Municipal Forest: 5.9 mi
- Cabot Common: 6.2 mi
- Buck Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Chickering Bog Natural Area: 5.2 mi
- Worcester Woods Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Molly's Falls Pond State Park: 7.7 mi
- Worcester Town Forest: 8.3 mi
- Marshfield Ledges: 7.5 mi
- Bog Wall: 20.4 mi
- Devil's Dishpan: 20.7 mi
- Revolution Wall: 20.7 mi
- Terra Incognita: 20.8 mi
- A.M. Foster Bridge: 8.5 mi
- Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks: 9.2 mi
- Hubbard Tower: 11.4 mi
- Walden Mountain Alpaca Farm: 12.3 mi
- Stowe Bowl: 14.6 mi
- Kents Museum: 3.0 mi
- Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion: 11.6 mi
- Vermont Granite Museum: 13.3 mi
- Stowe Historical Society Museum: 13.3 mi
- Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum: 13.5 mi
- Civil War monument: 6.1 mi
- Elmore State Park: 11.1 mi
- Burned Ranger's House: 11.6 mi
- Bayley-Hazen Military Road Monument: 12.5 mi
- 1918 Spanish Flu Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 11.2 mi
- Cheever Falls: 12.0 mi
- Cadys falls: 15.5 mi
- Gorge: 17.2 mi
- Bingham Falls: 18.5 mi
- Martin Covered Bridge: 7.4 mi
- School House Covered Bridge: 22.6 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 23.9 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Accès rivière: 15.3 mi
- Runaway Pond: 19.8 mi
- Kettle Pond State Park: 9.3 mi
- Beavin & Sons: 11.8 mi
- Lake Elmore Beach: 11.2 mi
- Boulder Beach: 11.6 mi
- Cady's Falls Botanical Gardens: 15.5 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 20.5 mi
- Big Spring: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Foster Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Putnam | W 280° | 1,110 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Hunger | W 271° | 1,083 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Worcester | WNW 294° | 998 m | 8.5 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | WNW 282° | 984 m | 10.6 mi |
| White Rock Mountain | W 269° | 968 m | 10.8 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | SSE 160° | 902 m | 11.6 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | W 264° | 836 m | 11.3 mi |
| Stowe Pinnacle | WNW 283° | 801 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:24 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:54 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:26 | 16:14 |
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 | 20 | 28 | 41 | 54 | 63 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester 2 W, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1457475 — Foster Hill, Washington County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356553332
Day trips start here
- Bolton Valley · 21 mi
- Waitsfield · 24 mi
- Richmond · 27 mi
- Jericho · 29 mi
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