The Purchase
The Purchase rises to 725 m in Vermont. Dorset Mountain stands 1,149 m to the south-southeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Tinmouth Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Stone Valley Byway passes 5.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in Vermont, United States of America
Wikidata Q49082870, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 725 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 15.0 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 15.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 16.4 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kane's Falls · 20 mi
- Overlook View · 28 mi
- Lincoln Covered Bridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tinmouth Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Fayette Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Lily Hill: 1.5 mi
- The Cobble: 1.6 mi
- Tadmer Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mineral Springs Park: 5.1 mi
- Middletown Springs Historic District: 5.2 mi
- The Green: 5.2 mi
- Tinmouth Channel Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
- Wells Lakeside Park: 5.7 mi
- A.W.Gray & Sons: 5.0 mi
- Old Stone Shop: 7.1 mi
- Paul P Harris: 7.3 mi
- Wilson Castle: 14.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Slate Valley Museum: 8.3 mi
- Pember Library and Museum: 8.4 mi
- Dorset Historical Society Museum: 10.9 mi
- Community Historical Museum of Mount Holly: 13.8 mi
- Hartford Museum: 15.2 mi
- Friends of Haystack: 4.6 mi
- TNC (Future): 5.0 mi
- VT State Land: 10.6 mi
- Clarendon Gorge Wildlife Management Area: 11.3 mi
- Merck Forest: 11.4 mi
- The Ox Bow: 4.8 mi
- Wallace Ledge: 18.4 mi
- The Great Ledge: 19.4 mi
- The Great Ledge: 19.5 mi
- The Great Ledge: 19.7 mi
- McGinn Falls: 8.9 mi
- Natural Bridge Falls: 9.1 mi
- Mead's Falls: 13.8 mi
- Otter Creek Falls: 17.6 mi
- Buttermilk Upper Falls: 18.5 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 10.0 mi
- Mandala II: 14.2 mi
- The Leash Sculpture: 14.6 mi
- Rutland Water Fountain: 14.6 mi
- Oculus: 15.1 mi
- Ballard Farm: 3.6 mi
- Pine Hill Park: 15.2 mi
- Taylor Farm: 18.0 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 19.2 mi
- Beast Mountain Coaster: 21.0 mi
- Southeast Community Garden: 14.7 mi
- Northwest Community Garden: 14.9 mi
- Northeast Community Garden: 15.9 mi
- Manchester Community Garden: 16.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 18.9 mi
- Kingsley Covered Bridge: 11.0 mi
- Gorham Covered Bridge: 18.7 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 15.5 mi
- Spruce Peak Shelter Spring: 17.0 mi
- Lake Hadlock Beach: 24.2 mi
- Fishbrook Pond Picnic Site: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of The Purchase. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorset Mountain | SSE 154° | 1,149 m | 7.9 mi |
| Dorset Mountain, South Peak | SSE 158° | 1,134 m | 8.0 mi |
| Woodlawn Mountain | S 181° | 945 m | 5.2 mi |
| Tinmouth Mountain | ENE 64° | 859 m | 1.1 mi |
| The Mettawee | SSE 162° | 854 m | 8.6 mi |
| White Rocks | E 82° | 811 m | 8.0 mi |
| Parris Hill | S 173° | 805 m | 4.6 mi |
| Homer Stone Mountain | E 99° | 761 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:54 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:33 | 16:20 |
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 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 40 | 53 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 34 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Peru, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356554663
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- Lake George · 27 mi
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