French Hill
French Hill rises to 473 m in Vermont. Mount Olga stands 737 m to the northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Pulpit Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Vermont, United States of America
Wikidata Q49030558, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 473 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 7.2 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
- 10.5 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 7.8 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook · 8 mi
- stone post view · 10 mi
- view to west · 10 mi
- Salmon Falls Potholes · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pulpit Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Gallup Pinnacle: 1.3 mi
- Amidon Pinnacle: 1.4 mi
- Owls Head Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Jolly Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Sweet Pond State Park: 2.7 mi
- Old Muster Ground: 6.2 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 6.6 mi
- Living Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
- Creamery Bridge Park: 7.8 mi
- Leyden State Forest: 4.4 mi
- Bennett Cr: 4.7 mi
- Bennett Cr: 4.7 mi
- Leydeon Cr 3: 5.4 mi
- Leydeon Cr 3: 5.4 mi
- Massachusetts-Vermont Border Monument: 2.3 mi
- Hinsdale Raceway: 8.6 mi
- New Hampshire/Vermont/Massachusetts Tri-State Granite Marker: 11.9 mi
- Poet's Seat Tower: 12.8 mi
- Hail to the Sunrise: 14.4 mi
- Brattleboro Museum & Art Center: 8.8 mi
- Powers Institute Museum: 9.4 mi
- Browning Bench Agricultural Museum: 11.6 mi
- Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum: 11.7 mi
- Kemp-McCarthy Memorial Museum: 12.1 mi
- Mine Ledge: 9.8 mi
- Table Rock: 14.3 mi
- Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 16.1 mi
- Introductory Buttress: 16.1 mi
- Main Wall: 16.1 mi
- Wolves Den: 9.8 mi
- rock scramble: 9.8 mi
- rock overhang: 9.8 mi
- hole in wall: 10.0 mi
- Bridge of Flowers: 11.5 mi
- Molly Stark: 11.8 mi
- Greenfield Money Tree: 12.7 mi
- Mr. Bling: 22.2 mi
- C.A.V.U. (Skyspace): 22.3 mi
- Reaching: 23.4 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 12.3 mi
- Hobo Falls: 14.3 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 14.5 mi
- Twin Cascade: 17.2 mi
- Tannery Falls: 18.8 mi
- Green Mountain Beach: 10.1 mi
- The Ledges: 10.7 mi
- Ashfield Town Beach: 17.3 mi
- Campers Beach: 21.3 mi
- Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 21.7 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 1.2 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 7.7 mi
- Scott Covered Bridge: 19.6 mi
- Just Roots Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 21.0 mi
- Mt Mills West Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Day Use Area: 15.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of French Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olga | NW 315° | 737 m | 8.4 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 324° | 725 m | 8.7 mi |
| Jolly Mountain | WNW 294° | 615 m | 2.1 mi |
| Blue Mountain | NW 311° | 610 m | 4.8 mi |
| Lyman Hill | NNW 341° | 607 m | 6.8 mi |
| Central Mountain | NNW 339° | 607 m | 8.0 mi |
| Underwood Hill | WSW 253° | 580 m | 8.0 mi |
| Hosley Hill | WNW 286° | 575 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 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 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 66 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rowe 3NE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1457491 — French Hill, Windham County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356553350
Day trips start here
- Brattleboro · 9 mi
- Charlemont · 12 mi
- Erving · 12 mi
- Montague · 12 mi
- Shelburne · 12 mi
- Wilmington · 12 mi
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