Snake Mountain
Snake Mountain rises to 394 m in Vermont. Robert Frost Mountain stands 735 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Rock Pond, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 7.5 miles off.
The story
Snake Mountain, also called Grand View Mountain, is an isolated mountain in the U.S. state of Vermont. The mountain straddles the Addison-Weybridge town line in Addison County. Most of the mountain, including the summit, is part of the 1,215-acre (492 ha) Snake Mountain Wildlife Management Area (WMA) administered by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. Adjacent to the WMA is the 81-acre (33 ha) Wilmarth Woods Natural Area protected by The Nature Conservancy. Snake Mountain is one of a series of scattered hills extending into the Champlain Valley from the greater Taconic Mountains along Vermont's southwestern edge. Seen from the west, the prominent sheer cliffs of the mountain rise dramatically out of the valley making it easy to distinguish from other nearby hills and mountains. From the summit, there is an open vista of Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains to the west. The view from the summit is sometimes called "Grand View.”
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Wikidata Q7547038, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 394 m
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 14.2 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 19.2 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 20.1 mi off the Mad River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- limited view southeast · 10 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls · 22 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 23 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Rock Pond: 0.2 mi
- The Ledge: 5.3 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 5.4 mi
- Marble Ledge: 7.2 mi
- Scotch Bonnet: 10.0 mi
- Saint George Hill: 5.0 mi
- Buck Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Hamilton Hill: 5.3 mi
- Chipman Hill: 6.4 mi
- Hemingway Hill: 6.7 mi
- Weybridge Cave State Park: 3.8 mi
- Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
- Lazarus Park: 6.4 mi
- Cannon Park: 6.5 mi
- Middlebury Town Green: 6.5 mi
- Means Woods Natural Area: 7.2 mi
- Battell Woods Natural Area: 7.2 mi
- Cole Island: 8.9 mi
- Putnam Creek Fishing Access: 10.5 mi
- Sheepshead Island: 10.8 mi
- Carleton's Raid Monument: 1.9 mi
- Emma Willard Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Middlebury to Her Soldiers: 6.5 mi
- Frederick Douglass Launched The One Hundred Conventions: 6.5 mi
- Court Square: 6.6 mi
- Sheldon Museum: 6.4 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 6.5 mi
- Chimney Point Museum: 7.2 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 7.6 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 7.8 mi
- Bittersweet Falls: 3.8 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 5.4 mi
- Middlebury Falls: 6.4 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 9.9 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 9.9 mi
- Smog: 6.0 mi
- Bench and Table: 6.1 mi
- Youbie Obie: 6.1 mi
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 6.2 mi
- King Kong: 6.2 mi
- Nature preserve: 4.2 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 8.5 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 11.5 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 15.2 mi
- Star Trek Original Series Set Tours: 16.4 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 8.7 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 8.9 mi
- Westport Beach: 11.4 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 19.5 mi
- Shelburne Beach: 20.8 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 5.7 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 18.8 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 21.3 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 21.9 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 24.3 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 16.0 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 16.0 mi
- Formal Garden: 23.1 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 8.5 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 8.9 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 8.9 mi
- Footbridge Park: 19.1 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 15.3 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 21.4 mi
- Lucky Seven: 13.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Snake Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Frost Mountain | ESE 104° | 735 m | 11.9 mi |
| South Mountain | ENE 77° | 688 m | 11.8 mi |
| Bald Peak | WNW 286° | 624 m | 10.9 mi |
| Barton Mountain | WNW 281° | 574 m | 12.7 mi |
| Belfry Mountain | W 281° | 564 m | 13.5 mi |
| Deer Leap Mountain | ENE 64° | 561 m | 12.1 mi |
| Moore Mountain | WNW 295° | 551 m | 12.0 mi |
| Harper Mountain | WNW 302° | 510 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:31 | 16:18 |
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 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vergennes, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1459551 — Snake Mountain, Addison County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356554473
Day trips start here
- Middlebury · 8 mi
- Crown Point · 11 mi
- Westport · 11 mi
- Charlotte · 18 mi
- Elizabethtown · 18 mi
- Essex · 18 mi
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