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Haystack Mountain

Haystack Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Haystack Mountain rises to 845 m in Vermont. Bald Mountain stands 1,010 m to the north-northeast, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is McSherry Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 18 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
845 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.74658, -72.00225

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 23
  • Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
  • Brighton State Park Day Use Area: 7.5 mi
  • Darling Memorial Park: 11.1 mi
  • Fairground: 14.0 mi
  • Powers Park: 14.3 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Museums: 15
Beaches: 7
  • South Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Southwest Cove Beach: 2.6 mi
  • North Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Campers' Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Balm of Gilead Beach: 12.8 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Kingdom Trails Nordic Adventure Center: 12.0 mi
  • Great Vermont Corn Maze: 17.7 mi
  • Circus Smirkus World Headquarters: 18.6 mi
  • Cercle de Pierre de Stanstead: 18.7 mi
  • Walden Mountain Alpaca Farm: 20.2 mi
Covered bridges: 4
Historic sites: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Runaway Pond: 13.0 mi
  • Lake Memphremagog Buffers: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Bald Hill: 1.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNNE 26°1,010 m1.5 mi
Goodwin MountainN 353°852 m1.9 mi
Bluff MountainNE 42°850 m10.2 mi
Mount PisgahSW 230°849 m1.8 mi
Bluff Mountain (Low Summit)NE 41°846 m11.1 mi
Job MountainENE 61°845 m2.2 mi
Bull MountainE 98°833 m8.1 mi
Mount HorSW 227°810 m3.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2219:00
June solstice05:0319:5320:38
September equinox06:3618:0918:47
December solstice07:2315:2216:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F111323375059646254423119
Precip in3.12.73.23.53.94.14.44.93.94.83.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutton 2NE, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356553512

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