Mount Abraham

Mount Abraham rises to 1,223 m in Vermont. Mount Ellen stands 1,234 m to the north, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Abe, a peak 0.5 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
Mount Abraham (known as Mount Abe to locals) is a mountain in the Green Mountains in the U.S. state of Vermont. Located in the Green Mountain National Forest, its summit is in the town of Lincoln in Addison County, but its eastern slopes extend into the town of Warren in Washington County. The mountain is named after Abraham Lincoln, former president of the United States. It is one of five peaks in Vermont's Presidential Range. At 4,006 feet (1,221.0 m), Mount Abraham is the highest point in Addison County, the fifth highest peak in Vermont, and one of the hundred highest peaks in New England. Its summit supports a small amount of alpine tundra vegetation.
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Wikidata Q6919231, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1223 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 17.6 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 24.4 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 24.8 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 9 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls · 22 mi
- Overlook View · 25 mi
- limited view southeast · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Abe: 0.5 mi
- Lincoln Peak: 0.6 mi
- Nancy Hanks Peak: 1.0 mi
- Alder Hill: 2.3 mi
- Cutts Peak: 2.3 mi
- Eagle Park: 4.9 mi
- Mad River Green: 6.5 mi
- Lord's Prayer Rock: 6.6 mi
- Winona Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
- Sycamore Park: 8.0 mi
- Sunset Ledge: 2.3 mi
- Tower 5: 5.5 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 6.7 mi
- Marble Ledge: 11.1 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 12.4 mi
- Camels Hump State Forest: 4.2 mi
- Camels Hump State Forest: 5.8 mi
- Deer Leap Natural Area: 6.2 mi
- Starksboro Town Forest: 7.3 mi
- Starksboro Town Forest: 7.6 mi
- Grave of Timothy Clark Smith: 11.1 mi
- Robert Frost Summer Home: 11.2 mi
- Court Square: 13.6 mi
- Emma Willard Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Frederick Douglass Launched The One Hundred Conventions: 13.6 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 11.8 mi
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge: 12.3 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 12.8 mi
- Slaughterhouse Covered Bridge: 14.4 mi
- Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 14.4 mi
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 14.1 mi
- King Kong: 14.1 mi
- Two Open Rectangles, Excentric, Variation VI: 14.1 mi
- Youbie Obie: 14.1 mi
- Chaos Xaxis: 14.2 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 7.4 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 13.7 mi
- Norwich University Museum: 13.7 mi
- Sheldon Museum: 13.8 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 14.3 mi
- Warren Falls: 4.0 mi
- Bartlett Falls: 5.5 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 8.3 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 9.5 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 9.5 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 4.0 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 7.3 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 13.7 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 22.6 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 22.9 mi
- Accès rivière: 17.0 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 24.4 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 11.8 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 22.8 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 22.9 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 14.2 mi
- Finney Crossing Apartments Community Garden: 24.5 mi
- Williston Community Garden: 24.9 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 5.0 mi
- Shelburne Beach: 23.4 mi
- Lucky Seven: 9.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Mount Abraham. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ellen | N 8° | 1,234 m | 2.8 mi |
| Lincoln Peak | NE 42° | 1,212 m | 0.6 mi |
| Cutts Peak | N 10° | 1,198 m | 2.3 mi |
| Little Abe | NE 46° | 1,189 m | 0.5 mi |
| Bread Loaf Mountain | S 182° | 1,165 m | 8.2 mi |
| Nancy Hanks Peak | NNE 23° | 1,158 m | 1.0 mi |
| Mount Wilson | S 176° | 1,147 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Ethan Allen | NNE 12° | 1,120 m | 12.3 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 | 19:55 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 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 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 52 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 34 | 23 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lincoln, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1460513 — Mount Abraham, Addison County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356554905
Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 7 mi
- Middlebury · 13 mi
- Hinesburg · 17 mi
- Charlotte · 20 mi
- Richmond · 20 mi
- Bolton Valley · 21 mi
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