Hancock Mountain
Hancock Mountain rises to 630 m in Vermont. Bread Loaf Mountain stands 1,165 m to the northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Honor Roll Hancock Vermont, a historic site 1.3 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Vermont, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49034790, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 630 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 11.5 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 18.7 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 28.3 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook View · 12 mi
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 19 mi
- Mt Tom · 26 mi
- Lincoln Covered Bridge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blair Hill: 1.4 mi
- Thunder Head: 1.5 mi
- Cobble Hill: 1.9 mi
- Braintree Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Skidoo Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Mount Cushman State Park: 4.6 mi
- Granville State Reservation: 6.1 mi
- Randolph-Town Recreation Center: 7.8 mi
- VTC Amillary VII Quad: 11.1 mi
- Common: 11.1 mi
- Honor Roll Hancock Vermont: 1.3 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Robert Frost Summer Home: 9.0 mi
- Honor Roll: 11.1 mi
- Orested Augustus Brownson: 11.5 mi
- Les Newell Wildlife Management Area: 11.4 mi
- Goshen Town Forest: 12.0 mi
- Chittenden Town Forest: 12.2 mi
- Mount Carmel State Forest: 12.4 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 13.2 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 9.2 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 13.0 mi
- Climate Change Yacht Club: 13.1 mi
- Brookfield Floating Bridge: 13.2 mi
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge: 14.3 mi
- Whale Dance: 10.0 mi
- Big Frog: 11.1 mi
- Queen Connie: 14.2 mi
- Around and About: 17.8 mi
- LOVE: 17.9 mi
- Texas Falls: 3.7 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 5.6 mi
- Warren Falls: 11.0 mi
- Falls of Lana: 12.0 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 14.3 mi
- Silent Cliff: 5.8 mi
- The Great Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Sunset Ledge: 11.4 mi
- Marble Ledge: 17.1 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 18.3 mi
- Randolph Historical Society Museum: 8.1 mi
- Norwich University Museum: 16.0 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 16.0 mi
- Brandon Museum: 16.4 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 17.3 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 12.0 mi
- Cilley Covered Bridge: 16.6 mi
- Mill Covered Bridge: 17.0 mi
- Howe Covered Bridge: 17.1 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 17.3 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 17.5 mi
- South Royalton Community Garden: 17.6 mi
- Northeast Community Garden: 23.0 mi
- Japanese Garden: 23.6 mi
- Northwest Community Garden: 23.9 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 9.0 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center - Sharon: 24.8 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 14.5 mi
- White River Swimming Spot: 17.3 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Lucky Seven: 10.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Hancock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bread Loaf Mountain | NW 308° | 1,165 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Wilson | NW 313° | 1,147 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Grant | NNW 328° | 1,104 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mount Roosevelt | NW 321° | 1,073 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Cleveland | NNW 332° | 1,058 m | 8.4 mi |
| Battell Mountain | WNW 301° | 1,043 m | 6.3 mi |
| Cape Lookoff Mountain | SW 231° | 1,024 m | 9.2 mi |
| Gillespie Peak | WSW 238° | 1,019 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:54 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:29 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356555062
Day trips start here
- Middlebury · 16 mi
- Waitsfield · 17 mi
- Woodstock · 27 mi
- Quechee · 28 mi
- Norwich · 30 mi
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