Sheldon Hill
Sheldon Hill rises to 271 m in Vermont. Big Jay stands 1,115 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Leach Hill, a peak 2.5 miles away. Route des Vins passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Vermont, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49073133, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 271 m
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Route des Vins, National
- 16.5 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 17.0 mi off the Chemin des Cantons, National
- 24.0 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pv sans nom 3 · 19 mi
- Pv sans nom 1 · 19 mi
- Pv sans nom 2 · 19 mi
- Vue · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sheldon Community Forest: 4.3 mi
- Lincoln Park: 4.6 mi
- Aldis Hill Park: 9.7 mi
- Barlow Street Community Center: 10.5 mi
- Taylor Park: 10.5 mi
- Leach Hill: 2.5 mi
- Rice Hill: 5.2 mi
- Fox Hill: 5.6 mi
- Giddings Hill: 5.6 mi
- Rice Nill: 5.7 mi
- Elm Brook Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi
- Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge: 15.0 mi
- Krusch Nature Preserve: 15.0 mi
- Cambridge State Forest: 15.4 mi
- Kill Kare State Park: 16.0 mi
- Historic Marker: Birthplace of Larry Gardner: 4.6 mi
- Wolf Monument: 9.7 mi
- Bataille d'Eccles Hill: 10.0 mi
- Veteran’s Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Historical Marker: George Washington Henderson: 12.7 mi
- Hopkins Covered Bridge: 11.0 mi
- Longley Covered Bridge: 11.6 mi
- West Hill Covered Bridge: 11.8 mi
- Comstock Covered Bridge: 12.0 mi
- Morgan Covered Bridge: 12.1 mi
- Chutes Hunter: 13.2 mi
- Fairfax Falls: 16.3 mi
- Five Chutes: 16.4 mi
- Sloping Falls: 20.0 mi
- Dog Head Falls: 20.3 mi
- Sheldon Historical Society: 2.7 mi
- President Arthur Birthplace Museum: 5.2 mi
- Saint Albans Historical Museum: 10.5 mi
- Cambridge Historical Society: 16.2 mi
- Milton Historical Museum: 19.7 mi
- Hutchins Covered Bridge: 13.6 mi
- Poland Covered Bridge: 16.0 mi
- Missisquoi River Bridge: 17.4 mi
- Journey's End: 18.3 mi
- Goodsell Ridge Fossil Preserve: 22.1 mi
- Champ sea serpent: 13.4 mi
- The Finger: 17.3 mi
- Gerald K Stoner Sculptures at Underhill Ironworks: 24.9 mi
- Milton Community Garden: 21.2 mi
- Cady's Falls Botanical Gardens: 24.7 mi
- Plage Miller: 17.6 mi
- Big Spring: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Sheldon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Jay | E 81° | 1,115 m | 17.2 mi |
| Doll Peak | ENE 74° | 1,038 m | 17.7 mi |
| Cold Hollow Mountain | ESE 122° | 1,015 m | 11.5 mi |
| Little Jay | E 83° | 928 m | 17.1 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | ESE 101° | 922 m | 17.5 mi |
| Tillotson Peak | ESE 106° | 912 m | 17.2 mi |
| Laraway Mountain | SE 140° | 830 m | 13.5 mi |
| Bowen Mountain | SE 131° | 686 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:25 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:57 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:12 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:25 | 16:14 |
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 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Enosburg Falls 2, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1459484 — Sheldon Hill, Franklin County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356554419
Day trips start here
- Jericho · 26 mi
- Colchester · 28 mi
- Essex · 28 mi
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