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Mount Hor

Mount Hor, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Hor rises to 810 m in Vermont. Bald Mountain stands 1,010 m to the northeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bartlett Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 19 miles off.

The story

Mount Hor is a mountain in Sutton, Vermont. It is part of the Northeastern Highlands of Vermont. It is located on the west side of Lake Willoughby and constitutes the west side of "Willoughby Notch" ("Willoughby Gap"). There are hiking trails in Willoughby State Forest. Mount Hor is the subject of a poem by Robert Frost. "The Mountain" appears in Frost's second book of poetry, North of Boston (1914).

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Wikidata Q6921318, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
810 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.71338, -72.05315

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 27
  • Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
  • Darling Memorial Park: 10.1 mi
  • Brighton State Park Day Use Area: 10.8 mi
  • Fairground: 12.0 mi
  • Powers Park: 12.3 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Museums: 15
Attractions: 8
  • Kingdom Trails Nordic Adventure Center: 10.4 mi
  • Great Vermont Corn Maze: 14.9 mi
  • Circus Smirkus World Headquarters: 15.4 mi
  • Walden Mountain Alpaca Farm: 16.8 mi
  • Farmer's Daughter: 20.0 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Southwest Cove Beach: 1.0 mi
  • South Beach: 1.1 mi
  • North Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Campers' Beach: 11.4 mi
  • ROL Camp Beach: 14.1 mi
Historic sites: 5
Covered bridges: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Runaway Pond: 9.6 mi
  • Lake Memphremagog Buffers: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Bald Hill: 4.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNE 41°1,010 m4.9 mi
Goodwin MountainNNE 28°852 m4.7 mi
Mount PisgahNE 44°849 m1.6 mi
Haystack MountainNE 47°845 m3.4 mi
Job MountainNE 53°845 m5.5 mi
Bull MountainE 83°833 m10.6 mi
Starr MountainESE 102°775 m11.2 mi
McSherry MountainENE 59°738 m3.6 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 solstice07:2315:2316:11

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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1457891 — Mount Hor, Caledonia County, Vermont.

OpenStreetMap element node/356553589

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