Mount Wilson
Mount Wilson rises to 1,147 m in Vermont. Mount Abraham stands 1,223 m to the north, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bread Loaf Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
Mount Wilson 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 Ripton in Addison County. The mountain is named after Woodrow Wilson, former president of the United States. Flanked by Bread Loaf Mountain to the southwest, Mount Wilson is one of five peaks in Vermont's Presidential Range. At 3,745 feet (1,141 m), it is the 12th highest peak in Vermont and one of the hundred highest peaks in New England.
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Wikidata Q6924626, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,147 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 17.0 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 23.4 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 23.5 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 15 mi
- Overlook View · 18 mi
- limited view southeast · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bread Loaf Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Mount Roosevelt: 1.1 mi
- Battell Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Little Hans Peak: 1.9 mi
- Boyce Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Granville State Reservation: 4.9 mi
- Harold Curtiss Recreational Park: 8.7 mi
- Eagle Park: 9.8 mi
- Sycamore Park: 10.4 mi
- Lord's Prayer Rock: 11.2 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 9.9 mi
- Means Woods Natural Area: 11.1 mi
- Battell Woods Natural Area: 11.2 mi
- Deer Leap Natural Area: 11.4 mi
- Camels Hump State Forest: 12.1 mi
- Robert Frost Summer Home: 4.8 mi
- Honor Roll Hancock Vermont: 7.1 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Court Square: 12.0 mi
- Frederick Douglass Launched The One Hundred Conventions: 12.0 mi
- Silent Cliff: 5.0 mi
- Sunset Ledge: 5.7 mi
- Marble Ledge: 10.9 mi
- The Great Cliff: 11.2 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 11.7 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 5.3 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 8.3 mi
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge: 14.2 mi
- Brookfield Floating Bridge: 16.2 mi
- Climate Change Yacht Club: 16.4 mi
- Sheldon Museum: 12.1 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 12.4 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 13.8 mi
- Randolph Historical Society Museum: 14.1 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 14.4 mi
- Queen Connie: 12.1 mi
- Around and About: 12.4 mi
- Chaos Xaxis: 12.4 mi
- LOVE: 12.4 mi
- Two-Way Mirror Curved Hedge Zig-Zag Labyrinth: 12.4 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 3.9 mi
- Texas Falls: 4.9 mi
- Warren Falls: 7.0 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 8.1 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 8.1 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 8.1 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 12.6 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 13.7 mi
- Cilley Covered Bridge: 22.6 mi
- Mill Covered Bridge: 23.0 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- South Royalton Community Garden: 24.2 mi
- Japanese Garden: 24.7 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Accès rivière: 23.6 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 10.8 mi
- White River Swimming Spot: 23.8 mi
- Lucky Seven: 4.8 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 5.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Mount Wilson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Abraham | N 356° | 1,223 m | 8.0 mi |
| Lincoln Peak | N 359° | 1,212 m | 8.4 mi |
| Cutts Peak | N 359° | 1,198 m | 10.3 mi |
| Little Abe | N 359° | 1,189 m | 8.3 mi |
| Bread Loaf Mountain | WSW 257° | 1,165 m | 0.8 mi |
| Nancy Hanks Peak | N 359° | 1,158 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Grant | N 360° | 1,104 m | 3.3 mi |
| Mount Roosevelt | NNE 20° | 1,073 m | 1.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:55 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:30 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356555348
Day trips start here
- Middlebury · 11 mi
- Waitsfield · 14 mi
- Hinesburg · 24 mi
- Charlotte · 26 mi
- Crown Point · 26 mi
- Richmond · 28 mi
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