Mount Aeolus
Mount Aeolus rises to 978 m in Vermont. Equinox Mountain stands 1,169 m to the southwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Owls Head, a peak 0.9 miles away. Stone Valley Byway passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
Mount Aeolus is a mountain summit in Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, United States. Mount Aeolus is one of the Taconic Mountains. It lies 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the community of East Dorset.
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Wikidata Q6919267, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 978 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 14.3 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 23.6 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
- 25.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Point · 29 mi
- Saratoga Sword Surrender Site Hudson River Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Owls Head: 0.9 mi
- Dorset Hill: 1.4 mi
- Netop Mountain: 2.1 mi
- The Mettawee: 3.7 mi
- Mother Myrick Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Emerald Lake State Park: 3.1 mi
- Adams Park: 4.4 mi
- Factory Point Town Green: 4.5 mi
- Rupert Town Green: 9.4 mi
- Otter Creek Wildlife Management Area: 9.7 mi
- Dorset Historical Society Museum: 4.0 mi
- The American Museum of Fly Fishing: 5.2 mi
- Visitors Center Hildene: 7.2 mi
- Farrar-Mansur House: 12.9 mi
- The Old Mill Museum: 12.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.5 mi
- The Revolutionary War: 5.7 mi
- Mr. Barbo Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Hildene Main House: 7.2 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Merck Forest: 6.9 mi
- Lynn Pitcher Memorial Forest: 9.7 mi
- Bobby Comfort Town Forest: 9.8 mi
- Wendy Evarts Memorial Forest: 10.1 mi
- Washington Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 11.5 mi
- Natural Bridge Falls: 4.0 mi
- McGinn Falls: 6.0 mi
- Lye Brook Falls: 7.6 mi
- Hamilton Falls: 15.6 mi
- Buttermilk Upper Falls: 20.6 mi
- Taylor Farm: 10.3 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 11.5 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 13.7 mi
- TimberQuest: 13.8 mi
- Ballard Farm: 15.2 mi
- Bear: 11.1 mi
- Art Gallery: 11.3 mi
- Stratton Bear: 11.7 mi
- For Euler: 15.8 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 21.5 mi
- Manchester Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Yellow Barn Farm: 12.8 mi
- Meditation Gardens: 19.4 mi
- Kingsley Covered Bridge: 20.2 mi
- Scott Covered Bridge: 21.8 mi
- Paper Mill Village Bridge: 24.7 mi
- The Ox Bow: 7.8 mi
- Whetstone Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 4.8 mi
- Greenwich Town Bathing Beach: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Mount Aeolus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equinox Mountain | SW 218° | 1,169 m | 6.5 mi |
| Dorset Mountain | N 6° | 1,149 m | 4.8 mi |
| Dorset Mountain, South Peak | N 2° | 1,134 m | 4.5 mi |
| Lookout Rock | SW 217° | 1,116 m | 6.1 mi |
| Peru Peak | NE 54° | 1,041 m | 6.3 mi |
| Styles Peak | ENE 66° | 1,028 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mother Myrick Mountain | WSW 244° | 1,022 m | 4.4 mi |
| Little Equinox | SW 215° | 1,009 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
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 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 40 | 53 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 34 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Peru, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Bennington · 26 mi
- Cambridge · 27 mi
- Wilmington · 27 mi
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