Governors Mountain
Governors Mountain rises to 497 m in Vermont. Mount Olga stands 737 m to the west-northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Ginseng Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. Molly Stark Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Vermont, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49032542, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 497 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
- 6.9 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 5.8 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 14.7 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- stone post view · 7 mi
- Dort Knob Vista · 10 mi
- Hubbard Hill Vista · 10 mi
- Beal's Knob Vista · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Muster Ground: 2.2 mi
- Living Memorial Park: 4.3 mi
- Creamery Bridge Park: 4.5 mi
- Whetsone Park: 4.7 mi
- Sweet Pond State Park: 5.3 mi
- Ginseng Hill: 1.4 mi
- Chase Hill: 2.1 mi
- Wilkens Hill: 2.3 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Richardson Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center: 2.2 mi
- Whetstone Woods: 4.1 mi
- Fort Dummer State Park: 5.2 mi
- Wantastiquet Mountain Natural Area: 6.4 mi
- Hogback Mountain Conservation Area: 6.7 mi
- Brattleboro Museum & Art Center: 5.9 mi
- Antique Carriage and Sleigh Museum: 9.5 mi
- Powers Institute Museum: 12.2 mi
- Browning Bench Agricultural Museum: 14.6 mi
- Kemp-McCarthy Memorial Museum: 15.1 mi
- Massachusetts-Vermont Border Monument: 6.5 mi
- Hinsdale Raceway: 7.2 mi
- New Hampshire/Vermont/Massachusetts Tri-State Granite Marker: 12.7 mi
- Poet's Seat Tower: 16.5 mi
- Hail to the Sunrise: 17.9 mi
- Mine Ledge: 7.0 mi
- Table Rock: 16.1 mi
- Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 18.7 mi
- Introductory Buttress: 18.7 mi
- Main Wall: 18.8 mi
- Molly Stark: 10.7 mi
- Greenfield Money Tree: 16.7 mi
- Reaching: 20.8 mi
- Aurora: 20.9 mi
- Trinity Bicycle Shop: 20.9 mi
- Wolves Den: 14.1 mi
- rock scramble: 14.1 mi
- rock overhang: 14.1 mi
- hole in wall: 14.3 mi
- Bridge of Flowers: 15.8 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 9.6 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 15.0 mi
- Hobo Falls: 16.1 mi
- Twin Cascade: 19.9 mi
- Falls Brook Falls: 21.9 mi
- Green Mountain Beach: 8.2 mi
- The Ledges: 10.5 mi
- Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 21.4 mi
- Ashfield Town Beach: 21.5 mi
- Campers Beach: 23.6 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 3.5 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 4.5 mi
- Scott Covered Bridge: 15.4 mi
- Hall Bridge: 23.4 mi
- Mt Mills West Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Day Use Area: 19.0 mi
- Wright Grove: 21.7 mi
- Just Roots Community Garden: 13.1 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Governors Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olga | WNW 284° | 737 m | 7.0 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | WNW 295° | 725 m | 6.7 mi |
| Higley Hill | NW 307° | 688 m | 7.8 mi |
| Jolly Mountain | SW 220° | 615 m | 4.4 mi |
| Blue Mountain | WSW 256° | 610 m | 4.7 mi |
| Lyman Hill | NW 305° | 607 m | 3.9 mi |
| Central Mountain | NW 310° | 607 m | 5.0 mi |
| Stratton Hill | NW 321° | 589 m | 7.7 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1457589 — Governors Mountain, Windham County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356553423
Day trips start here
- Brattleboro · 6 mi
- Wilmington · 11 mi
- Charlemont · 16 mi
- Erving · 16 mi
- Montague · 16 mi
- Shelburne · 16 mi
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