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Spruce Peak

Spruce Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Spruce Peak rises to 854 m in Vermont. Equinox Mountain stands 1,169 m to the south-southeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnt Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Stone Valley Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Bennington County, Vermont, United States of America; geonames ID = 5241453.

Wikidata Q49076907, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
854 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.23981, -73.14115

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rupert Town Green: 4.4 mi
  • Factory Point Town Green: 6.1 mi
  • Adams Park: 6.2 mi
  • Emerald Lake State Park: 7.2 mi
  • Salem Historic District: 10.5 mi
Historic sites: 37
Nature reserves: 17
Waterfalls: 10
Artworks: 7
  • For Euler: 11.0 mi
  • Bear: 14.8 mi
  • Stratton Bear: 14.9 mi
  • Art Gallery: 16.4 mi
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 19.8 mi
Attractions: 7
Gardens: 3
  • Manchester Community Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Yellow Barn Farm: 11.3 mi
  • Meditation Gardens: 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Greenwich Town Bathing Beach: 19.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Spruce Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Equinox MountainSSE1,169 m5.2 mi
Dorset MountainNE1,149 m7.4 mi
Dorset Mountain, South PeakNE1,134 m7.0 mi
Lookout RockSSE1,116 m5.0 mi
Mother Myrick MountainSE1,022 m2.2 mi
Little EquinoxS1,009 m6.4 mi
Bear MountainSSW1,006 m3.0 mi
Mount AeolusE978 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2719:05
June solstice05:1319:5320:37
September equinox06:4018:1418:52
December solstice07:2215:3416:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564686659483828
Precip in3.52.83.43.54.14.84.64.33.74.53.34.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunderland 2, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356554529

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