The Pinnacle
The Pinnacle rises to 550 m in Vermont. Signal Mountain stands 1,013 m to the east, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is East Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in Washington County, Vermont, United States of America
Wikidata Q49082825, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 550 m
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 18.3 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 21.8 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 18 mi
- Angel Dog Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Hill: 1.0 mi
- Trow Hill: 1.9 mi
- Cobble Hill: 2.5 mi
- Gallup Hill: 2.5 mi
- Bartlett Hill: 2.9 mi
- Currier Park: 3.1 mi
- Mathewson Playground: 3.2 mi
- Vermont City Park: 3.3 mi
- barre dog park: 3.5 mi
- Native Park: 3.6 mi
- Blanchard Park: 7.4 mi
- Hubbard Park: 8.1 mi
- Chickering Bog Natural Area: 8.2 mi
- Williamstown Town Forest: 9.1 mi
- Levi Pond Wildlife Management Area: 11.3 mi
- Marshfield Ledges: 10.1 mi
- Eagle Ledge: 17.4 mi
- Eagle Ledge: 17.5 mi
- Lasso Ledge: 17.9 mi
- Sawyers Ledge: 21.3 mi
- Rock of ages Quarry: 4.7 mi
- Morse Farm Maple Sugarworks: 7.3 mi
- Hubbard Tower: 7.8 mi
- Northfield Falls Covered Bridge: 10.9 mi
- Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 11.0 mi
- 1918 Spanish Flu Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Robert Burns Memorial Statue: 3.2 mi
- Monument to Heroic Deeds: 3.3 mi
- War Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Burned Ranger's House: 4.4 mi
- Vermont Granite Museum: 4.1 mi
- Vermont Historical Society Museum and Pavilion: 7.8 mi
- Kents Museum: 11.1 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 12.2 mi
- Norwich University Museum: 12.2 mi
- Martin Covered Bridge: 5.4 mi
- Flint Covered Bridge: 18.2 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 19.1 mi
- Larkin Covered Bridge: 20.0 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 21.9 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 20.8 mi
- Cheever Falls: 21.4 mi
- Waits River Falls: 21.6 mi
- Warren Falls: 22.6 mi
- Upper Old City Falls: 23.1 mi
- Beavin & Sons: 6.6 mi
- Kettle Pond State Park: 8.8 mi
- Big Frog: 20.4 mi
- Whale Dance: 20.8 mi
- Vermontasaurus: 24.4 mi
- Boulder Beach: 9.8 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 20.5 mi
- Lake Elmore Beach: 23.2 mi
- Treasure Island Beach: 24.4 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- Accès rivière: 15.7 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of The Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | E 94° | 1,013 m | 5.6 mi |
| Butterfield Mountain | ESE 112° | 952 m | 5.2 mi |
| Burnt Mountain | E 97° | 945 m | 5.0 mi |
| Knox Mountain | SE 128° | 934 m | 5.2 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | ENE 69° | 902 m | 4.4 mi |
| Little Spruce Mountain | ENE 66° | 758 m | 7.3 mi |
| Paine Mountain | WSW 244° | 726 m | 10.0 mi |
| Michigan Hill | SSE 166° | 719 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:24 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:53 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:11 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:27 | 16:14 |
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 | 14 | 16 | 26 | 39 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plainfield, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1459891 — The Pinnacle, Washington County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356554660
Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 19 mi
- Bolton Valley · 25 mi
- Fairlee · 26 mi
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