Shaw Mountain
Shaw Mountain rises to 566 m in Vermont. Lincoln Peak stands 1,212 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Stony Brook Covered Bridge, a attraction 1.8 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 9.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Washington County, Vermont, United States of America
Wikidata Q49072705, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 566 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 24.3 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 27.4 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 29.7 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 10 mi
- Overlook View · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Drinkwater Hill: 2.8 mi
- Turkey Hill: 3.3 mi
- Paine Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Bear Hill: 4.7 mi
- West Hill: 4.8 mi
- Lower Parade Ground/WCC Green: 2.2 mi
- Upper Parade Ground: 2.3 mi
- Northfield Falls Park: 4.5 mi
- barre dog park: 9.6 mi
- Native Park: 9.9 mi
- Sunset Ledge: 13.4 mi
- Tower 5: 14.5 mi
- Silent Cliff: 18.5 mi
- Eagle Ledge: 19.8 mi
- Bog Wall: 19.8 mi
- Williamstown Town Forest: 4.9 mi
- Blanchard Park: 11.4 mi
- Hubbard Park: 12.0 mi
- Middlesex Wildlife Management Area: 12.8 mi
- Washington Wildlife Management Area: 14.8 mi
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge: 1.8 mi
- Slaughterhouse Covered Bridge: 4.3 mi
- Northfield Falls Covered Bridge: 4.6 mi
- Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 4.6 mi
- Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 4.7 mi
- Statue of Capt. Alden Partridge: 2.2 mi
- Monument to Heroic Deeds: 10.0 mi
- Robert Burns Memorial Statue: 10.1 mi
- War Memorial: 10.3 mi
- 1918 Spanish Flu Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Norwich University Museum: 2.2 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 2.2 mi
- Vermont Granite Museum: 10.0 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 10.0 mi
- Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion: 11.4 mi
- Warren Falls: 10.2 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 11.3 mi
- Texas Falls: 16.9 mi
- Bartlett Falls: 19.3 mi
- Upper Old City Falls: 21.1 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 9.9 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 10.0 mi
- Flint Covered Bridge: 14.7 mi
- Larkin Covered Bridge: 15.9 mi
- Mill Covered Bridge: 17.0 mi
- Beavin & Sons: 11.0 mi
- Whale Dance: 11.4 mi
- Big Frog: 11.7 mi
- Kettle Pond State Park: 21.9 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 9.6 mi
- White River Swimming Spot: 20.8 mi
- Boulder Beach: 22.9 mi
- Accès rivière: 14.7 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Lucky Seven: 19.4 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 20.1 mi
- South Royalton Community Garden: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Shaw Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Peak | W 276° | 1,212 m | 13.4 mi |
| Little Abe | W 276° | 1,189 m | 13.5 mi |
| Nancy Hanks Peak | W 278° | 1,158 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Cleveland | WSW 252° | 1,058 m | 13.1 mi |
| Little Hans Peak | WSW 246° | 1,013 m | 13.4 mi |
| Adams Mountain | WSW 240° | 978 m | 8.6 mi |
| Rice Mountain | WSW 244° | 928 m | 7.9 mi |
| Braintree Mountain | SSW 211° | 914 m | 12.3 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 | 19:54 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 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 | 18 | 20 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northfield, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1459468 — Shaw Mountain, Washington County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356554412
Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 10 mi
- Bolton Valley · 24 mi
- Middlebury · 25 mi
- Richmond · 26 mi
- Hinesburg · 27 mi
- Fairlee · 29 mi
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