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King Hill

King Hill, seen from above at true elevation

King Hill rises to 563 m in Vermont. Burke Mountain stands 976 m to the northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Baldwin Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 0.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
563 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.48034, -71.75120

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 59
Parks: 37
  • Weeks State Park: 9.0 mi
  • Soldier Park: 9.0 mi
  • Colonel Town Recreation Park: 9.0 mi
  • Forest Lake State Park: 9.1 mi
  • Whitefield Park: 9.7 mi
Attractions: 28
  • Lancaster Fairgrounds: 9.1 mi
  • Farmer's Daughter: 11.6 mi
  • Chutters: 12.1 mi
  • Kingdom Trails Nordic Adventure Center: 12.6 mi
  • Merry Crismas Ferris wheel: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Ogontz Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Lower Ammonoosuc Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Bridesmaid Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Pond Brook Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Bridalveil Falls: 22.1 mi
Museums: 17
Cliffs: 14
  • Devils Slide: 18.8 mi
  • Artists Bluff: 20.9 mi
  • Square Inch Wall: 21.1 mi
  • Maggot Buttress: 21.2 mi
  • Profile Cliff: 21.2 mi
Historic sites: 11
Rest areas: 5
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 11.0 mi
  • Littleton Rest Area: 12.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 18.4 mi
  • Boise Rock: 22.9 mi
  • The Basin, West: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Springs: 4
  • Lac Littleton: 13.0 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 24.6 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 24.7 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Echo Lake Beach: 21.1 mi
  • South Beach: 21.4 mi
  • Southwest Cove Beach: 21.4 mi
  • Campers' Beach: 22.3 mi
Covered bridges: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Pollyanna Statue: 12.0 mi
  • Sunflowers: 12.1 mi
  • Tree Harp: 12.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 8.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of King Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burke MountainNW 312°976 m9.4 mi
West Peak Burke MountainNW 311°956 m9.6 mi
East Haven MountainNNW 338°924 m10.5 mi
Umpire MountainNW 320°907 m8.1 mi
Kirby MountainWNW 303°833 m9.1 mi
Stone MountainNE 37°819 m7.0 mi
Miles MountainW 270°813 m3.0 mi
Harris MountainNNE 19°754 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0319:5120:36
September equinox06:3518:0818:46
December solstice07:2115:2316:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141626405362676558463422
Precip in2.42.02.23.13.84.44.24.13.64.22.92.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1458093 — King Hill, Essex County, Vermont.

OpenStreetMap element node/356553670

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