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The Ox Bow

The Ox Bow, seen from above at true elevation

The Ox Bow rises to 639 m in Vermont. Equinox Mountain stands 1,169 m to the southeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Shatterack Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Stone Valley Byway passes 5.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in Vermont, United States of America

Wikidata Q49082768, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
639 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.22871, -73.20603

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rupert Town Green: 2.2 mi
  • Salem Historic District: 7.3 mi
  • Cary Hill Sculpture Park: 7.6 mi
  • Factory Point Town Green: 8.4 mi
  • Adams Park: 8.5 mi
Historic sites: 43
Nature reserves: 27
  • Merck Forest: 2.5 mi
  • Washington Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 3.1 mi
  • TNC (Future): 10.5 mi
  • Friends of Haystack: 11.0 mi
  • Carters Pond Wildlife Management Area: 11.5 mi
Museums: 27
Waterfalls: 9
  • Natural Bridge Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Lye Brook Falls: 10.8 mi
  • McGinn Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Middle Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Dionondahowa Falls: 18.8 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Ballard Farm: 15.1 mi
  • Taylor Farm: 18.7 mi
  • Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 19.9 mi
  • Mohawk Maiden Cruises: 20.4 mi
  • Schuylerville Corn Maize: 21.5 mi
Artworks: 7
  • For Euler: 7.7 mi
  • Stratton Bear: 17.1 mi
  • Bear: 17.2 mi
  • Art Gallery: 19.6 mi
  • Chiseled Slate monoliths: 20.0 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Greenwich Town Bathing Beach: 16.5 mi
  • Sandbar Beach: 22.4 mi
  • Lake Hadlock Beach: 22.7 mi
  • Haviland Cove Beach: 22.7 mi
  • Haviland's Cove Beach: 22.9 mi
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 11.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of The Ox Bow. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Equinox MountainSE 134°1,169 m6.2 mi
Dorset Mountain, South PeakENE 58°1,134 m10.1 mi
Lookout RockSE 130°1,116 m6.2 mi
Mother Myrick MountainESE 103°1,022 m4.6 mi
Little EquinoxSE 144°1,009 m6.8 mi
Bear MountainSE 134°1,006 m2.8 mi
Mount AeolusE 84°978 m8.5 mi
Woodlawn MountainNE 36°945 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1419:5420:37
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
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/356554655

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