Peak · Vermont
West Mountain
West Mountain rises to 828 m in Vermont. Sugarloaf stands 1,128 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Notch Pond Mountain, a peak 2.7 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 3.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 828 m
How to reach it
Coordinates44.70977, -71.70398
- 3.6 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 11.9 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 16.2 mi off the Moose Path Trail
- 16.8 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Stark Covered Bridge · 16 mi
- Table Rock · 22 mi
- Middle Brother · 22 mi
- Dixville Notch Wildlife Viewing Area · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Notch Pond Mountain: 2.7 mi
- North Notch Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Bull Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Seneca Mountain: 3.6 mi
- French Mountain: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves: 31
- Richardson Forest: 6.1 mi
- Stratford Town Forest: 10.1 mi
- Bag Hill Town Forest: 11.4 mi
- Vickie Bunnell Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Ammonoosuc River State Forest: 12.7 mi
Parks: 25
- Riverside Park: 4.5 mi
- Brighton State Park Day Use Area: 9.7 mi
- Eames Wayside Area: 12.2 mi
- Guildhall Square: 12.2 mi
- Darling Memorial Park: 14.1 mi
Attractions: 23
- Lancaster Fairgrounds: 15.1 mi
- Kingdom Trails Nordic Adventure Center: 16.1 mi
- The Himalaya: 22.1 mi
- The Yule Log Flume: 22.1 mi
- Rudolph: 22.1 mi
Museums: 13
- Don Eagle Museum: 9.6 mi
- Island Pond, Historical Society Museum: 11.3 mi
- Lancaster Historical Society: 15.9 mi
- John Wingate Weeks Historic Museum: 19.0 mi
- Shores Memorial Museum: 19.2 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Vermont Major cross-state route: 16.0 mi
- Camp Stark German Prisoner of War Camp: 16.8 mi
- Camp Stark: 16.8 mi
- Canaan Veterans Memorial: 21.4 mi
- Mine Shaft: 21.7 mi
Beaches: 6
- Campers' Beach: 9.3 mi
- South Beach: 16.1 mi
- Southwest Cove Beach: 16.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.2 mi
- North Beach: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Pond Brook Falls: 13.2 mi
- Beaver Brook Falls: 18.7 mi
- Crystal Falls: 19.4 mi
- Huntington Cascades: 22.7 mi
- Baby Flume: 23.0 mi
Covered bridges: 4
- Island Pond Covered Footbridge: 11.4 mi
- Columbia Covered Bridge: 12.4 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 17.4 mi
- School House Covered Bridge: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Bald Hill: 14.3 mi
- Devils Slide: 16.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Cascade Brook Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Flume Brook Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Gardens: 1
- Lancaster Community Garden: 16.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of West Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf | ENE 78° | 1,128 m | 11.8 mi |
| Castle Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,087 m | 11.6 mi |
| West Peak | ENE 73° | 1,072 m | 10.7 mi |
| Savage Mountain | E 79° | 1,059 m | 8.0 mi |
| Goback Mountain | ENE 77° | 1,054 m | 8.0 mi |
| East Mountain | SW 227° | 1,045 m | 4.5 mi |
| Notch Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,036 m | 12.0 mi |
| Teapot Mountain | ENE 70° | 981 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 19:52 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:21 | 16:10 |
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 | 15 | 26 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 45 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Stratford, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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