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Mount Pisgah

Mount Pisgah, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Pisgah rises to 849 m in Vermont. Bald Mountain stands 1,010 m to the northeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is South Beach, a beach 0.9 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 19 miles off.

The story

Mount Pisgah is a mountain in Westmore, Vermont. It is located on the east side of Lake Willoughby and constitutes the eastern side of "Willoughby Gap" ("Willoughby Notch"). It is part of the Northeastern Highlands of Vermont. There are hiking trails in Willoughby State Forest. The cliffs contain alpine plants protected because no trails lead to or through them.

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Wikidata Q8525744, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
849 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.72968, -72.03070

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 26
  • Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
  • Brighton State Park Day Use Area: 9.3 mi
  • Darling Memorial Park: 10.5 mi
  • Fairground: 12.9 mi
  • Powers Park: 13.2 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Museums: 15
Attractions: 8
  • Kingdom Trails Nordic Adventure Center: 11.1 mi
  • Great Vermont Corn Maze: 16.2 mi
  • Circus Smirkus World Headquarters: 16.9 mi
  • Walden Mountain Alpaca Farm: 18.4 mi
  • Cercle de Pierre de Stanstead: 19.5 mi
Beaches: 7
  • South Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Southwest Cove Beach: 0.9 mi
  • North Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Campers' Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Balm of Gilead Beach: 13.5 mi
Historic sites: 4
Covered bridges: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Runaway Pond: 11.1 mi
  • Lake Memphremagog Buffers: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Bald Hill: 3.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Mount Pisgah. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNE 39°1,010 m3.3 mi
Goodwin MountainNNE 21°852 m3.3 mi
Haystack MountainNE 50°845 m1.8 mi
Job MountainNE 56°845 m4.0 mi
Bull MountainE 90°833 m9.4 mi
Mount HorSW 224°810 m1.6 mi
Starr MountainESE 109°775 m10.5 mi
McSherry MountainENE 70°738 m2.1 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 solstice07:2315:2216:11

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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1458988 — Mount Pisgah, Orleans County, Vermont.

OpenStreetMap element node/356554111

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