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The Head

The Head, seen from above at true elevation

The Head rises to 74 m in Vermont. Ellenburg Mountain stands 789 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Fisk Quarry Preserve, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont passes 2.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in Vermont, United States of America

Wikidata Q49082438, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
74 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.83115, -73.34513

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves: 49
Historic sites: 22
Museums: 19
Beaches: 8
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Plage Miller: 15.2 mi
  • Thayer Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Thayer Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 21.2 mi
Gardens: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Five Chutes: 17.0 mi
  • Fairfax Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Alice Falls: 22.3 mi
Artworks: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Goodsell Ridge Fossil Preserve: 1.7 mi
  • Airplane: 11.5 mi
  • Ausable Chasm: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 10.4 mi
  • AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 21.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of The Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ellenburg MountainW 262°789 m24.6 mi
Johnson MountainWSW 248°755 m22.9 mi
Dannemora MountainWSW 251°683 m20.0 mi
Terry MountainSW 223°628 m24.4 mi
Gilson MountainESE 108°598 m22.3 mi
Leach HillESE 112°510 m22.5 mi
Rand HillWSW 253°459 m13.7 mi
Quinn MountainSW 217°459 m24.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2719:06
June solstice05:0819:5920:44
September equinox06:4118:1418:53
December solstice07:2915:2716:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192132465867727062503927

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chazy, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1459864 — The Head, Grand Isle County, Vermont.

OpenStreetMap element node/356554643

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