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Hedgehog Mountain

Hedgehog Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Hedgehog Mountain rises to 661 m in Vermont. Bald Mountain stands 1,010 m to the east-northeast, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Westmore Town Forest, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Chemin des Cantons passes 18 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
661 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.74727, -72.03260

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 24
  • Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Brighton State Park Day Use Area: 8.9 mi
  • Darling Memorial Park: 11.7 mi
  • Fairground: 14.2 mi
  • Powers Park: 14.4 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Museums: 15
Beaches: 7
  • South Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Southwest Cove Beach: 2.1 mi
  • North Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Campers' Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Balm of Gilead Beach: 12.3 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Kingdom Trails Nordic Adventure Center: 12.3 mi
  • Circus Smirkus World Headquarters: 17.3 mi
  • Great Vermont Corn Maze: 17.4 mi
  • Cercle de Pierre de Stanstead: 18.3 mi
  • Walden Mountain Alpaca Farm: 19.3 mi
Historic sites: 4
Covered bridges: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Runaway Pond: 11.8 mi
  • Lake Memphremagog Buffers: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Bald Hill: 2.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Hedgehog Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainENE 59°1,010 m2.5 mi
Goodwin MountainNE 34°852 m2.2 mi
Mount PisgahS 176°849 m1.2 mi
Haystack MountainE 92°845 m1.5 mi
Job MountainENE 73°845 m3.5 mi
Bull MountainE 97°833 m9.6 mi
Mount HorSSW 203°810 m2.5 mi
Starr MountainESE 115°775 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2219:01
June solstice05:0319:5320:38
September equinox06:3618:0918:48
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
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1457796 — Hedgehog Mountain, Orleans County, Vermont.

OpenStreetMap element node/356553528

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