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South Mountain

South Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

The story

mountain in Windsor County, Vermont, United States of America

Wikidata Q49075972, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
968 m
Getting there

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Coordinates43.37702, -72.76426

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Nature reserves: 30
Historic sites: 28
  • 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
Museums: 23
  • 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
Waterfalls: 14
  • 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
Covered bridges: 11
Attractions: 8
Artworks: 8
  • 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
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 5
Beaches: 1
  • Stoughton Pond Recreation Area: 13.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 18.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of South Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peru PeakWSW 237°1,041 m10.4 mi
Ludlow MountainNNE 19°1,012 m2.0 mi
Salt Ash MountainN 357°1,002 m8.7 mi
Bear MountainN 357°941 m9.2 mi
Pete Parent PeakWSW 242°897 m8.0 mi
Buckball PeakWSW 255°874 m9.3 mi
Terrible MountainSSE 167°873 m4.5 mi
Baker PeakWSW 251°872 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1119:5220:36
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:2115:3216:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192129425564696759473626
Precip in3.82.73.53.83.94.64.03.93.84.93.64.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cavendish, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356555286

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