Signal Mountain
Signal Mountain rises to 1,013 m in Vermont. Butterfield Mountain stands 952 m to the south-southwest, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnt Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Signal Mountain is a mountain located in Caledonia County, Vermont, in the Groton State Forest. Signal Mountain is flanked to the northwest by Spruce Mountain, and to the southwest by Butterfield Mountain. The north side of Signal Mountain drains into Noyes Pond, thence into the South Branch of the Wells River, the upper Connecticut River, and into Long Island Sound in Connecticut. The east side drains into Heath Brook, thence into the South Branch of the Wells River. The south side drains into the Waits River, another tributary of the Connecticut. The west side drains into Great Brook, thence into the Winooski River, Lake Champlain, and ultimately into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in Canada.
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Wikidata Q7512682, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,013 m
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 16.8 mi off the River Heritage Tour
- 18.5 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 28.3 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Angel Dog Overlook · 23 mi
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 23 mi
- Post Pond Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Burnt Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Butterfield Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Colby Hill: 2.2 mi
- Saint Cyr Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Boulder Beach Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Boulder Beach State Park: 5.9 mi
- Groton Nature Center: 6.3 mi
- Currier Park: 8.6 mi
- Mathewson Playground: 8.7 mi
- Levi Pond Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
- Blue Mountain Wilderness Sanctuary: 10.7 mi
- Molly's Falls Pond State Park: 10.7 mi
- Chickering Bog Natural Area: 11.4 mi
- Shea Woodland: 11.7 mi
- Rock of ages Quarry: 8.9 mi
- Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks: 12.2 mi
- Hubbard Tower: 13.2 mi
- Bath-Haverhill Covered Bridge: 14.7 mi
- A.M. Foster Bridge: 15.3 mi
- Burned Ranger's House: 2.5 mi
- 1918 Spanish Flu Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Robert Burns Memorial Statue: 8.7 mi
- Monument to Heroic Deeds: 8.8 mi
- War Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Groton Historical Society: 6.6 mi
- Vermont Granite Museum: 9.7 mi
- Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion: 13.2 mi
- Kents Museum: 13.8 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 17.3 mi
- Martin Covered Bridge: 7.0 mi
- Flint Covered Bridge: 18.9 mi
- Larkin Covered Bridge: 20.7 mi
- Mill Covered Bridge: 23.2 mi
- Cilley Covered Bridge: 24.0 mi
- Waits River Falls: 17.7 mi
- Cheever Falls: 19.7 mi
- Ogontz Falls: 21.0 mi
- Glen Falls: 21.3 mi
- Upper Old City Falls: 22.5 mi
- Kettle Pond State Park: 6.3 mi
- Beavin & Sons: 12.1 mi
- Vermontasaurus: 22.4 mi
- Big Frog: 22.9 mi
- Whale Dance: 23.5 mi
- Marshfield Ledges: 8.5 mi
- Eagle Ledge: 15.6 mi
- Lasso Ledge: 16.0 mi
- Sawyers Ledge: 16.9 mi
- The Palisades: 22.3 mi
- Boulder Beach: 5.9 mi
- Fairlee Town Beach: 22.0 mi
- Treasure Island Beach: 22.0 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Accès rivière: 21.1 mi
- Moore Dam Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 16.0 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 23.7 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Lac Littleton: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Signal Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butterfield Mountain | SSW 208° | 952 m | 1.7 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | W 259° | 945 m | 0.7 mi |
| Knox Mountain | SSW 209° | 934 m | 3.2 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | NW 323° | 902 m | 2.5 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | NNE 18° | 758 m | 3.5 mi |
| Blue Mountain | ENE 77° | 720 m | 9.5 mi |
| Michigan Hill | SSW 200° | 719 m | 9.8 mi |
| Fuller Hill | SE 134° | 709 m | 2.8 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 | 18:11 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:26 | 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 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356554441
Day trips start here
- Fairlee · 22 mi
- Waitsfield · 25 mi
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