Terrible Mountain
Terrible Mountain rises to 873 m in Vermont. Peru Peak stands 1,041 m to the west, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Boynton Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Scenic Route 100 Byway passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
Terrible Mountain is a summit in Windsor County, Vermont, in the United States. With an elevation of 2,882 feet (878 m), Terrible Mountain is the 214th highest summit in the state of Vermont. Terrible Mountain was likely so named by early settlers due to its terrain.
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Wikidata Q21072762, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 873 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 15.7 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 17.5 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 19.3 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
Overlooks nearby
- View of Bellows Falls · 20 mi
- Lincoln Covered Bridge · 22 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 23 mi
- Mt Tom · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Boynton Hill: 1.3 mi
- Markham Mountain: 2.8 mi
- East Hill: 2.9 mi
- Bear Hill: 3.1 mi
- Steadman Hill: 3.7 mi
- Weston Recreation Area: 2.4 mi
- Farrar Park: 2.9 mi
- Dorsey Park: 5.8 mi
- Lowell Lake State Park: 6.0 mi
- Pingree Park: 6.7 mi
- Bobby Comfort Town Forest: 5.9 mi
- Wendy Evarts Memorial Forest: 6.0 mi
- Lynn Pitcher Memorial Forest: 6.2 mi
- Lord State Forest: 12.2 mi
- Clarendon Gorge Wildlife Management Area: 16.8 mi
- Black River Academy Museum: 6.2 mi
- civil war: 8.1 mi
- The Gage Accident: 8.3 mi
- Former Salmond Covered Bridge Site: 12.9 mi
- Indian Stones: 13.9 mi
- The Old Mill Museum: 2.9 mi
- Farrar-Mansur House: 2.9 mi
- Community Historical Museum of Mount Holly: 8.0 mi
- Cavendish Historical Society Museum: 8.2 mi
- Springfield Art and Historical Society Museum: 11.2 mi
- Buttermilk Lower Falls: 8.5 mi
- Buttermilk Middle Falls: 8.5 mi
- Buttermilk Upper Falls: 8.5 mi
- McGinn Falls: 11.8 mi
- Hamilton Falls: 12.3 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 12.0 mi
- Bartonsville Covered Bridge: 12.1 mi
- Upper Falls Covered Bridge: 12.6 mi
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 14.5 mi
- Salmond Covered Bridge: 15.0 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 6.8 mi
- Taylor Farm: 7.1 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 7.9 mi
- TimberQuest: 8.1 mi
- Green Mountain Railroad: 8.3 mi
- Art Gallery: 6.9 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 13.2 mi
- Bear: 16.0 mi
- Stratton Bear: 17.5 mi
- Rutland Water Fountain: 23.4 mi
- Blueberry Ledges: 17.6 mi
- The Ox Bow: 18.2 mi
- Table Rock: 19.9 mi
- Lower Tier: 24.7 mi
- Upper Tier: 24.7 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 13.2 mi
- Manchester Community Garden: 18.1 mi
- Southeast Community Garden: 22.5 mi
- Northeast Community Garden: 23.7 mi
- Northwest Community Garden: 24.1 mi
- Stoughton Pond Recreation Area: 13.0 mi
- Corona Beach: 22.6 mi
- Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 15.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Terrible Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peru Peak | W 262° | 1,041 m | 9.9 mi |
| Styles Peak | WSW 254° | 1,028 m | 10.2 mi |
| Ludlow Mountain | N 356° | 1,012 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bromley Mountain | WSW 239° | 1,000 m | 11.5 mi |
| South Mountain | NNW 347° | 968 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Tabor | W 259° | 933 m | 11.4 mi |
| Pete Parent Peak | W 274° | 897 m | 8.1 mi |
| Glebe Mountain | S 186° | 891 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1461518 — Terrible Mountain, Windsor County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356555307
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