Owlshead Mountain
Owlshead Mountain rises to 553 m in Vermont. Signal Mountain stands 1,013 m to the south-southwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Kettle Pond State Park, a artwork 0.5 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49059201, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 553 m
How to reach it
- 11.3 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 19.5 mi off the River Heritage Tour
- 18.9 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 25.9 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Angel Dog Overlook · 18 mi
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Groton Nature Center: 1.7 mi
- Boulder Beach State Park: 2.1 mi
- Boulder Beach Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
- Plainfield Town Forest: 7.1 mi
- Cabot Common: 7.4 mi
- Spice Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Little Deer Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Deer Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Blake Hill: 1.8 mi
- Kettle Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Levi Pond Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
- Molly's Falls Pond State Park: 4.3 mi
- Chickering Bog Natural Area: 9.4 mi
- Blue Mountain Wilderness Sanctuary: 10.2 mi
- Buck Lake Wildlife Management Area: 12.7 mi
- A.M. Foster Bridge: 8.9 mi
- Greenbanks Hollow Covered Bridge: 10.2 mi
- Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks: 12.3 mi
- Rock of ages Quarry: 13.7 mi
- Hubbard Tower: 14.1 mi
- Groton Historical Society: 7.9 mi
- Kents Museum: 10.6 mi
- Vermont Granite Museum: 12.6 mi
- Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion: 14.3 mi
- St Johnsbury History & Heritage Center: 16.0 mi
- Burned Ranger's House: 5.2 mi
- Civil War monument: 7.4 mi
- 1918 Spanish Flu Memorial: 11.6 mi
- War Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Robert Burns Memorial Statue: 12.2 mi
- Cheever Falls: 13.3 mi
- Ogontz Falls: 19.1 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 20.7 mi
- Waits River Falls: 22.6 mi
- Cadys falls: 24.9 mi
- Marshfield Ledges: 2.3 mi
- Sawyers Ledge: 21.4 mi
- Eagle Ledge: 21.9 mi
- Lasso Ledge: 22.2 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Moore Dam Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Accès rivière: 21.2 mi
- Runaway Pond: 23.6 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 12.9 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 20.1 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Kettle Pond State Park: 0.5 mi
- Beavin & Sons: 13.6 mi
- Boulder Beach: 2.1 mi
- Lake Elmore Beach: 20.5 mi
- Martin Covered Bridge: 5.6 mi
- School House Covered Bridge: 20.7 mi
- Lac Littleton: 21.2 mi
- Cady's Falls Botanical Gardens: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Owlshead Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | SSW 193° | 1,013 m | 6.4 mi |
| Butterfield Mountain | SSW 196° | 952 m | 8.1 mi |
| Knox Mountain | SSW 198° | 934 m | 9.5 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | SW 215° | 902 m | 5.2 mi |
| Cow Hill | NNE 33° | 781 m | 6.8 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NE 37° | 762 m | 5.9 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | S 187° | 758 m | 2.9 mi |
| Macks Mountain | NE 43° | 735 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:53 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:26 | 16:13 |
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 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plainfield, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1458867 — Owlshead Mountain, Caledonia County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356554037
Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 27 mi
- Fairlee · 28 mi
- Bolton Valley · 29 mi
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