Mount Grant
Mount Grant rises to 1,104 m in Vermont. Mount Ellen stands 1,234 m to the north, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Cleveland, a peak 1.0 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 3.5 miles off.
The story
Mount Grant is a mountain in the Green Mountains in the U.S. state of Vermont. Located in the Breadloaf Wilderness of the Green Mountain National Forest, its summit is in the town of Lincoln in Addison County. The mountain is named after Ulysses S. Grant, former President of the United States. Mount Grant is one of five peaks in Vermont's Presidential Range.
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Wikidata Q6920972, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,104 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 20.1 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 21.0 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 24.6 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 13 mi
- Overlook View · 21 mi
- limited view southeast · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Cleveland: 1.0 mi
- Little Hans Peak: 2.0 mi
- Prospect Rock: 2.2 mi
- Mount Roosevelt: 2.2 mi
- Cobb Hill: 3.2 mi
- Granville State Reservation: 4.9 mi
- Eagle Park: 7.3 mi
- Sycamore Park: 8.9 mi
- Lord's Prayer Rock: 8.9 mi
- Mad River Green: 10.0 mi
- Sunset Ledge: 2.5 mi
- Silent Cliff: 8.3 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 9.3 mi
- Tower 5: 10.2 mi
- Marble Ledge: 10.5 mi
- Camels Hump State Forest: 8.9 mi
- Deer Leap Natural Area: 8.9 mi
- Means Woods Natural Area: 11.4 mi
- Starksboro Town Forest: 11.5 mi
- Battell Woods Natural Area: 11.5 mi
- Robert Frost Summer Home: 7.2 mi
- Honor Roll Hancock Vermont: 9.9 mi
- Court Square: 12.2 mi
- Frederick Douglass Launched The One Hundred Conventions: 12.2 mi
- Emma Willard Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 7.8 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 9.8 mi
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge: 12.7 mi
- Slaughterhouse Covered Bridge: 15.7 mi
- Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 15.8 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 10.8 mi
- Sheldon Museum: 12.4 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 12.8 mi
- Norwich University Museum: 14.4 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 14.4 mi
- Chaos Xaxis: 12.8 mi
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 12.8 mi
- King Kong: 12.8 mi
- Two Open Rectangles, Excentric, Variation VI: 12.8 mi
- Around and About: 12.8 mi
- Warren Falls: 4.3 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 4.5 mi
- Bartlett Falls: 7.9 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 8.0 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 8.0 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 5.3 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 10.7 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 12.6 mi
- Cilley Covered Bridge: 24.0 mi
- Mill Covered Bridge: 24.3 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Accès rivière: 20.7 mi
- Lucky Seven: 5.9 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 7.7 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 7.8 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 12.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Mount Grant. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ellen | N 359° | 1,234 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Abraham | N 354° | 1,223 m | 4.7 mi |
| Lincoln Peak | N 359° | 1,212 m | 5.2 mi |
| Cutts Peak | N 359° | 1,198 m | 7.0 mi |
| Little Abe | N 358° | 1,189 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bread Loaf Mountain | SSW 193° | 1,165 m | 3.5 mi |
| Nancy Hanks Peak | N 359° | 1,158 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Wilson | S 180° | 1,147 m | 3.3 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 | 06:39 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356555049
Day trips start here
- Middlebury · 11 mi
- Waitsfield · 11 mi
- Hinesburg · 21 mi
- Charlotte · 24 mi
- Bolton Valley · 25 mi
- Richmond · 25 mi
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