Gillespie Mountain
Gillespie Mountain rises to 895 m in Vermont. Bread Loaf Mountain stands 1,165 m to the northwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Childs Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Vermont, United States of America
Wikidata Q49031481, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 895 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 26.3 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook View · 14 mi
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 18 mi
- Mt Tom · 28 mi
- Lincoln Covered Bridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Childs Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Fassett Hill: 1.2 mi
- Blair Hill: 1.5 mi
- Hancock Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Old Sixty Hill: 2.9 mi
- Granville State Reservation: 5.4 mi
- Mount Cushman State Park: 7.2 mi
- Randolph-Town Recreation Center: 10.3 mi
- Harold Curtiss Recreational Park: 11.0 mi
- Bradbury State Park: 12.6 mi
- Honor Roll Hancock Vermont: 2.9 mi
- Robert Frost Summer Home: 6.4 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Honor Roll: 13.2 mi
- Orested Augustus Brownson: 13.5 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 11.0 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 11.3 mi
- Goshen Town Forest: 11.4 mi
- Brandon Town Forest: 12.5 mi
- Chittenden Town Forest: 12.8 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 6.7 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 10.5 mi
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge: 14.7 mi
- Brookfield Floating Bridge: 14.7 mi
- Climate Change Yacht Club: 14.8 mi
- Queen Connie: 12.3 mi
- Whale Dance: 12.4 mi
- Big Frog: 13.6 mi
- Around and About: 15.2 mi
- LOVE: 15.3 mi
- Silent Cliff: 3.7 mi
- The Great Cliff: 8.8 mi
- Sunset Ledge: 9.5 mi
- Marble Ledge: 14.5 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 15.9 mi
- Texas Falls: 1.9 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 4.5 mi
- Warren Falls: 9.7 mi
- Falls of Lana: 10.0 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 11.7 mi
- Randolph Historical Society Museum: 10.7 mi
- Sheldon Museum: 15.1 mi
- Brandon Museum: 15.3 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 15.3 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 16.4 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 10.8 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 15.7 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 16.3 mi
- Cilley Covered Bridge: 19.2 mi
- Mill Covered Bridge: 19.6 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 14.9 mi
- South Royalton Community Garden: 20.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 23.0 mi
- Northeast Community Garden: 23.6 mi
- Northwest Community Garden: 24.3 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 13.4 mi
- White River Swimming Spot: 20.0 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 6.5 mi
- Lucky Seven: 7.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Gillespie Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bread Loaf Mountain | NW 315° | 1,165 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Wilson | NW 324° | 1,147 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Grant | NNW 340° | 1,104 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Roosevelt | NNW 335° | 1,073 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Cleveland | NNW 346° | 1,058 m | 6.5 mi |
| Battell Mountain | NW 304° | 1,043 m | 3.6 mi |
| Cape Lookoff Mountain | SW 215° | 1,024 m | 8.4 mi |
| Gillespie Peak | SW 221° | 1,019 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:54 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:30 | 16:17 |
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 | 19 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356555037
Day trips start here
- Middlebury · 14 mi
- Waitsfield · 16 mi
- Crown Point · 28 mi
- Hinesburg · 28 mi
- Woodstock · 29 mi
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