Peak · Vermont
Prospect Rock
Prospect Rock rises to 570 m in Vermont. Mount Ellen stands 1,234 m to the north-northeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Ledge, a cliff 1.5 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Vermont, United States of America
Wikidata Q49064287, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 570 m
How to reach it
Coordinates44.07728, -72.95428
- 4.6 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 18.8 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 22.2 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 23.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 12 mi
- Overlook View · 23 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls · 24 mi
- limited view southeast · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Mount Grant: 2.2 mi
- Alder Hill: 3.0 mi
- Mount Abraham: 3.1 mi
- Mount Cleveland: 3.1 mi
- Cobb Hill: 3.4 mi
Parks
- Eagle Park: 5.1 mi
- Lord's Prayer Rock: 6.7 mi
- Granville State Reservation: 6.9 mi
- Sycamore Park: 7.0 mi
- Winona Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 36
- Sunset Ledge: 1.5 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 7.1 mi
- Tower 5: 8.6 mi
- Marble Ledge: 9.3 mi
- Silent Cliff: 10.0 mi
Nature reserves: 32
- Deer Leap Natural Area: 6.7 mi
- Camels Hump State Forest: 6.9 mi
- Camels Hump State Forest: 8.7 mi
- Starksboro Town Forest: 9.3 mi
- Starksboro Town Forest: 9.6 mi
Historic sites: 28
- Robert Frost Summer Home: 8.1 mi
- Grave of Timothy Clark Smith: 10.5 mi
- Court Square: 11.4 mi
- Frederick Douglass Launched The One Hundred Conventions: 11.4 mi
- Emma Willard Memorial: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 19
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 8.7 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 9.9 mi
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge: 13.5 mi
- Slaughterhouse Covered Bridge: 16.2 mi
- Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 16.2 mi
Museums: 17
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 10.1 mi
- Sheldon Museum: 11.6 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 12.1 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 15.0 mi
- Norwich University Museum: 15.1 mi
Artworks: 16
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 11.9 mi
- King Kong: 12.0 mi
- Two Open Rectangles, Excentric, Variation VI: 12.0 mi
- Chaos Xaxis: 12.0 mi
- Youbie Obie: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- Warren Falls: 4.6 mi
- Bartlett Falls: 5.7 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 6.6 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 7.2 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 7.2 mi
Covered bridges: 5
- Warren Covered Bridge: 5.4 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 10.1 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 11.7 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 24.0 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 24.8 mi
Beaches: 3
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 7.4 mi
- Westport Beach: 24.9 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Accès rivière: 19.9 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 24.8 mi
Springs: 1
- Lucky Seven: 6.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Robert Frost Wayside: 8.6 mi
Gardens: 1
- Middlebury Community Garden: 11.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Prospect Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ellen | NNE 12° | 1,234 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Abraham | NNE 17° | 1,223 m | 3.1 mi |
| Lincoln Peak | NNE 21° | 1,212 m | 3.7 mi |
| Cutts Peak | NNE 14° | 1,198 m | 5.4 mi |
| Little Abe | NNE 21° | 1,189 m | 3.5 mi |
| Bread Loaf Mountain | S 173° | 1,165 m | 5.2 mi |
| Nancy Hanks Peak | NNE 18° | 1,158 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Wilson | SSE 164° | 1,147 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:55 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:29 | 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356555206
Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 10 mi
- Middlebury · 11 mi
- Hinesburg · 19 mi
- Charlotte · 22 mi
- Richmond · 23 mi
- Bolton Valley · 24 mi
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