The Head
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
- 2.9 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 2.8 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 10.5 mi off the Military Trail
- 12.4 mi off the Route du Richelieu, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sand Bar Causeway · 15 mi
- Whirlpool Basin Overlook · 21 mi
- Sentry Box Overlook · 21 mi
- Hemlock Heights Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Isle La Motte Monument Park: 5.0 mi
- New York State Game Management Area: 6.6 mi
- Cohen Park: 8.4 mi
- King Bay State Wetland Game Management Area: 8.5 mi
- Saint Albans Bay Fish & Wildlife Access Point: 8.8 mi
- Stanhope Hill: 4.9 mi
- Stratton Hill: 6.4 mi
- Cobblestone Hill: 11.1 mi
- Negro Hill: 11.2 mi
- Bradley Hill: 11.5 mi
- Fisk Quarry Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Pelots Point Nature Area: 1.8 mi
- Kill Kare State Park: 8.7 mi
- Clinton Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 8.9 mi
- Grand Isle State Park: 10.1 mi
- Isle La Motte Historical Society: 1.4 mi
- Kent-Delord House Museum: 10.3 mi
- Plattsburgh State Art Museum: 11.2 mi
- Nina Winkel Sculpture Gallery: 11.2 mi
- Rockwell Kent Collection: 11.2 mi
- Samuel de Champlain Statue: 4.8 mi
- Fort Saint Anne Monument: 4.8 mi
- Isle La Motte Monument: 5.0 mi
- Champlain Monument: 10.3 mi
- MacDonough Monument: 10.5 mi
- Plattsburgh City Beach: 8.7 mi
- Plage Miller: 15.2 mi
- Thayer Beach: 19.7 mi
- Port Kent Public Beach Park: 21.2 mi
- Leddy Park Beach: 23.2 mi
- 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
- Milton Community Garden: 18.3 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 23.9 mi
- Landry Community Garden: 24.2 mi
- Riverside Nieghborhood Garden: 24.5 mi
- Myrtle Street Avant Garden: 24.7 mi
- Champ sea serpent: 9.9 mi
- Amite Sculpture: 11.2 mi
- The Finger: 20.8 mi
- Grey Lock: 24.9 mi
- Goodsell Ridge Fossil Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Airplane: 11.5 mi
- Ausable Chasm: 21.9 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellenburg Mountain | W 262° | 789 m | 24.6 mi |
| Johnson Mountain | WSW 248° | 755 m | 22.9 mi |
| Dannemora Mountain | WSW 251° | 683 m | 20.0 mi |
| Terry Mountain | SW 223° | 628 m | 24.4 mi |
| Gilson Mountain | ESE 108° | 598 m | 22.3 mi |
| Leach Hill | ESE 112° | 510 m | 22.5 mi |
| Rand Hill | WSW 253° | 459 m | 13.7 mi |
| Quinn Mountain | SW 217° | 459 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:27 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:59 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:27 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 21 | 32 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 27 |
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
Day trips start here
- Colchester · 21 mi
- Burlington · 25 mi
- Winooski · 25 mi
- Essex · 26 mi
- South Burlington · 27 mi
- Jericho · 28 mi
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