Prospect Rock
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Prospect Rock rises to 612 m in Vermont. Stratton Mountain stands 1,194 m to the southeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Peak Shelter Spring, a spring 1.8 miles away. Stone Valley Byway passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Bennington County, Vermont, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49064288, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 612 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 16.9 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 17.7 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
- 27.4 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- View of Bellows Falls · 29 mi
- Eagle Point · 29 mi
- Saratoga Sword Surrender Site Hudson River Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spruce Peak: 2.3 mi
- Deer Knoll: 4.4 mi
- Table Rock: 4.8 mi
- Lookout Rock: 5.3 mi
- Equinox Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Adams Park: 2.8 mi
- Factory Point Town Green: 2.8 mi
- Emerald Lake State Park: 8.7 mi
- Stratton Recreation Area: 8.8 mi
- Arlington Recreation Park: 9.0 mi
- The American Museum of Fly Fishing: 3.1 mi
- Visitors Center Hildene: 3.8 mi
- Dorset Historical Society Museum: 8.8 mi
- Topping Tavern Museum: 12.8 mi
- Farrar-Mansur House: 14.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.9 mi
- The Revolutionary War: 3.2 mi
- Hildene Main House: 3.7 mi
- Korean War Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Mr. Barbo Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Merck Forest: 10.9 mi
- Lynn Pitcher Memorial Forest: 11.3 mi
- Wendy Evarts Memorial Forest: 11.3 mi
- Bobby Comfort Town Forest: 11.8 mi
- Stratton Town Forest: 12.5 mi
- Lye Brook Falls: 2.2 mi
- Natural Bridge Falls: 9.7 mi
- McGinn Falls: 11.3 mi
- Hamilton Falls: 12.4 mi
- Buttermilk Upper Falls: 24.0 mi
- Bear: 5.9 mi
- Stratton Bear: 6.0 mi
- Art Gallery: 11.0 mi
- For Euler: 16.7 mi
- Molly Stark: 20.9 mi
- Taylor Farm: 10.4 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 11.2 mi
- TimberQuest: 12.4 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 12.4 mi
- Ballard Farm: 21.3 mi
- Scott Covered Bridge: 17.4 mi
- Paper Mill Village Bridge: 20.2 mi
- Burt Henry Covered Bridge;Henry Covered Bridge: 20.8 mi
- Bartonsville Covered Bridge: 24.3 mi
- Manchester Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Yellow Barn Farm: 9.2 mi
- Meditation Gardens: 16.9 mi
- Green Mountain Beach: 21.5 mi
- The Ledges: 23.1 mi
- Greenwich Town Bathing Beach: 23.9 mi
- Whetstone Bluff: 8.3 mi
- The Ox Bow: 13.9 mi
- Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 1.8 mi
- Mt Mills West Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Prospect Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratton Mountain | SE 138° | 1,194 m | 6.3 mi |
| Equinox Mountain | W 279° | 1,169 m | 5.6 mi |
| Dorset Mountain | N 355° | 1,149 m | 10.8 mi |
| Glastenbury Mountain | SSW 195° | 1,139 m | 12.5 mi |
| Dorset Mountain, South Peak | N 353° | 1,134 m | 10.6 mi |
| Lookout Rock | WNW 283° | 1,116 m | 5.3 mi |
| Peru Peak | NNE 20° | 1,041 m | 10.4 mi |
| Styles Peak | NNE 23° | 1,028 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunderland 2, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356555205
Day trips start here
- Bennington · 21 mi
- Wilmington · 21 mi
- Cambridge · 25 mi
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