South Mountain
South Mountain rises to 968 m in Vermont. Peru Peak stands 1,041 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Ludlow Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Scenic Route 100 Byway passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Windsor County, Vermont, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49075972, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 968 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 15.2 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 17.4 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 18.7 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lincoln Covered Bridge · 18 mi
- Mt Tom · 21 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 21 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ludlow Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Bear Hill: 2.9 mi
- Hedgehog Hill: 2.9 mi
- Whetstone Hill: 4.4 mi
- Terrible Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Dorsey Park: 3.1 mi
- Weston Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
- Farrar Park: 6.1 mi
- The Village Green: 6.3 mi
- Lowell Lake State Park: 10.3 mi
- Bobby Comfort Town Forest: 8.0 mi
- Lynn Pitcher Memorial Forest: 8.7 mi
- Wendy Evarts Memorial Forest: 8.8 mi
- Lord State Forest: 11.1 mi
- Clarendon Gorge Wildlife Management Area: 12.7 mi
- Black River Academy Museum: 3.6 mi
- The Gage Accident: 7.9 mi
- Grave of Esther Sumner Damon, last widow of a soldier of the American Revolution.: 10.8 mi
- Grave of President Calvin Coolidge and First Lady Grace Coolidge: 10.9 mi
- civil war: 11.4 mi
- Community Historical Museum of Mount Holly: 3.8 mi
- The Old Mill Museum: 6.0 mi
- Farrar-Mansur House: 6.0 mi
- Cavendish Historical Society Museum: 7.7 mi
- President Calvin Coolidge Museum and Educational Center: 11.1 mi
- Buttermilk Upper Falls: 4.4 mi
- Buttermilk Lower Falls: 4.5 mi
- Buttermilk Middle Falls: 4.5 mi
- McGinn Falls: 11.6 mi
- Natural Bridge Falls: 13.8 mi
- Upper Falls Covered Bridge: 12.2 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 12.5 mi
- Kingsley Covered Bridge: 13.5 mi
- Best's Covered Bridge: 13.6 mi
- Salmond Covered Bridge: 14.3 mi
- Taylor Farm: 10.4 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 10.5 mi
- Green Mountain Railroad: 11.6 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 12.1 mi
- TimberQuest: 12.3 mi
- Art Gallery: 10.6 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 15.2 mi
- Rutland Water Fountain: 19.1 mi
- The Leash Sculpture: 19.2 mi
- Bear: 19.5 mi
- Blueberry Ledges: 13.7 mi
- The Ox Bow: 17.2 mi
- Lower Tier: 20.2 mi
- Upper Tier: 20.2 mi
- Deer Leap: 20.2 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 15.2 mi
- Southeast Community Garden: 18.2 mi
- Northeast Community Garden: 19.3 mi
- Northwest Community Garden: 19.8 mi
- Manchester Community Garden: 19.8 mi
- Stoughton Pond Recreation Area: 13.3 mi
- Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of South Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru Peak | WSW 237° | 1,041 m | 10.4 mi |
| Styles Peak | SW 231° | 1,028 m | 11.3 mi |
| Ludlow Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,012 m | 2.0 mi |
| Salt Ash Mountain | N 357° | 1,002 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bear Mountain | N 357° | 941 m | 9.2 mi |
| Pete Parent Peak | WSW 242° | 897 m | 8.0 mi |
| Buckball Peak | WSW 255° | 874 m | 9.3 mi |
| Terrible Mountain | SSE 167° | 873 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:52 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:32 | 16:19 |
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 | 29 | 42 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cavendish, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356555286
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