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Mount Tug

Mount Tug, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Tug rises to 670 m in Vermont. East Mountain stands 1,045 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Temple Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 3.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
670 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.51256, -71.72870

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 55
Parks: 39
  • Colonel Town Recreation Park: 8.0 mi
  • Soldier Park: 8.1 mi
  • Weeks State Park: 8.7 mi
  • Guildhall Square: 9.0 mi
  • Eames Wayside Area: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Lancaster Fairgrounds: 7.7 mi
  • Kingdom Trails Nordic Adventure Center: 12.7 mi
  • The Himalaya: 12.9 mi
  • Merry Crismas Ferris wheel: 12.9 mi
  • Flying School: 12.9 mi
Museums: 17
Waterfalls: 17
  • Ogontz Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Pond Brook Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Lower Ammonoosuc Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Crystal Falls: 21.0 mi
  • Middle Falls: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Devils Slide: 16.8 mi
  • Bald Hill: 21.4 mi
  • Artists Bluff: 23.0 mi
  • Square Inch Wall: 23.2 mi
  • Maggot Buttress: 23.3 mi
Historic sites: 10
Picnic sites: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 13.4 mi
  • Littleton Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 20.7 mi
  • Boise Rock: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Campers' Beach: 20.4 mi
  • South Beach: 20.5 mi
  • Southwest Cove Beach: 20.6 mi
  • Echo Lake Beach: 23.2 mi
Covered bridges: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Pollyanna Statue: 14.4 mi
  • Sunflowers: 14.4 mi
  • Tree Harp: 14.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Lac Littleton: 15.5 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 24.8 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 7.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Mount Tug. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East MountainN1,045 m10.7 mi
Burke MountainWNW976 m9.0 mi
West Peak Burke MountainWNW956 m9.3 mi
East Haven MountainNW924 m9.1 mi
Umpire MountainWNW907 m7.5 mi
Kirby MountainWNW833 m9.2 mi
Stone MountainNE819 m4.6 mi
Miles MountainWSW813 m4.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0319:5120:36
September equinox06:3518:0818:46
December solstice07:2115:2216:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141626405362676558463422
Precip in2.42.02.23.13.84.44.24.13.64.22.92.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356553897

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