Peak · Vermont
Mount Waitsfield
Mount Waitsfield rises to 507 m in Vermont. Camels Hump stands 1,243 m to the northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Vermont, United States of America
Wikidata Q49055052, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 507 m
How to reach it
Coordinates44.21450, -72.75928
- 1.6 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 23.6 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 2 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls · 25 mi
- C Nature area · 28 mi
- Winooski River Walk · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Bald Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Chase Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Scrag Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Dana Hill: 5.6 mi
- Mount Cobb: 6.1 mi
Parks
- Mad River Green: 4.5 mi
- Northfield Falls Park: 6.3 mi
- Upper Parade Ground: 7.1 mi
- Lower Parade Ground/WCC Green: 7.2 mi
- Waterbury Dog Park: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 34
- Tower 5: 8.1 mi
- Bog Wall: 10.9 mi
- Thieves' Wall: 11.3 mi
- Immunity Wall: 11.8 mi
- Dome Top: 11.8 mi
Nature reserves: 32
- Middlesex Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi
- Duxbury Town Forest: 8.1 mi
- Middlesex Notch Wildlife Management Area: 8.3 mi
- Huntington Gap Wildlife Manangement Area: 8.5 mi
- Middlesex Town Forest: 9.2 mi
Historic sites: 23
- Statue of Capt. Alden Partridge: 7.2 mi
- B-24J bomber crash memorial plaque: 8.3 mi
- War Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Monument to Heroic Deeds: 12.8 mi
- 1918 Spanish Flu Memorial: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 16
- Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 5.9 mi
- Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 6.0 mi
- Northfield Falls Covered Bridge: 6.1 mi
- Slaughterhouse Covered Bridge: 6.1 mi
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge: 7.4 mi
Museums: 14
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 3.6 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 7.2 mi
- Norwich University Museum: 7.2 mi
- Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion: 9.5 mi
- Vermont Granite Museum: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Warren Falls: 9.7 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 14.3 mi
- Huntington Gorge: 14.8 mi
- Bartlett Falls: 15.5 mi
- Olga's Falls: 16.0 mi
Covered bridges: 6
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 3.6 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 8.6 mi
- Martin Covered Bridge: 18.1 mi
- Flint Covered Bridge: 23.6 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 6
- Beavin & Sons: 10.1 mi
- Whale Dance: 19.9 mi
- Big Frog: 20.4 mi
- Gerald K Stoner Sculptures at Underhill Ironworks: 22.2 mi
- Kettle Pond State Park: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Accès rivière: 7.1 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Robert Frost Wayside: 21.6 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 21.9 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 22.0 mi
Springs: 2
- Lucky Seven: 19.7 mi
- Big Spring: 23.1 mi
Gardens: 2
- Finney Crossing Apartments Community Garden: 23.8 mi
- Williston Community Garden: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 1
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 6.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Mount Waitsfield. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camels Hump | NW 319° | 1,243 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Ellen | WSW 246° | 1,234 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mount Abraham | SW 234° | 1,223 m | 10.9 mi |
| Lincoln Peak | SW 234° | 1,212 m | 10.3 mi |
| Cutts Peak | WSW 243° | 1,198 m | 9.4 mi |
| Little Abe | SW 234° | 1,189 m | 10.4 mi |
| Nancy Hanks Peak | WSW 236° | 1,158 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Ethan Allen | NW 312° | 1,120 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:25 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:55 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:12 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:28 | 16:16 |
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 | 19 | 21 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 36 | 26 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waitsfield 2 SE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1461572 — Mount Waitsfield, Washington County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356555331
Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 4 mi
- Bolton Valley · 15 mi
- Richmond · 17 mi
- Hinesburg · 18 mi
- Chittenden County · 23 mi
- Jericho · 23 mi
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