Wilcox Peak
Wilcox Peak rises to 857 m in Vermont. Farr Peak stands 1,071 m to the west-northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Knights Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Scenic Route 100 Byway passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Vermont, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49089825, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 857 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 8.6 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 13.4 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 26.4 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook View · 2 mi
- Lincoln Covered Bridge · 19 mi
- Mt Tom · 19 mi
- Beacon Hill Vista · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Knights Hill: 1.6 mi
- Hedgehog Knoll: 1.8 mi
- Little Wilcox Peak: 2.0 mi
- Thousand Acre Hill: 2.6 mi
- Liberty Hill: 2.7 mi
- Common: 4.0 mi
- Mount Cushman State Park: 7.9 mi
- Rood State Park: 8.8 mi
- Valley Park: 9.4 mi
- Peavine Park: 10.3 mi
- Honor Roll: 4.0 mi
- Orested Augustus Brownson: 4.2 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Honor Roll Hancock Vermont: 9.1 mi
- Bethel Village Historic District: 10.4 mi
- Chittenden Town Forest: 3.8 mi
- Mount Carmel State Forest: 4.4 mi
- Les Newell Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi
- Proctor Town Forest: 5.9 mi
- Giffords Woods State Park: 8.2 mi
- Oculus: 14.4 mi
- Rutland Water Fountain: 14.7 mi
- The Leash Sculpture: 14.7 mi
- Whale Dance: 14.8 mi
- Queen Connie: 14.8 mi
- New England Maple Museum: 11.4 mi
- Randolph Historical Society Museum: 12.4 mi
- Norman Rockwell Museum: 12.6 mi
- Brandon Museum: 12.9 mi
- Vermont Marble Museum: 13.3 mi
- Beast Mountain Coaster: 11.6 mi
- Pine Hill Park: 14.4 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 14.5 mi
- Asael Smith Farm: 15.9 mi
- No. 13 School House: 16.2 mi
- The Great Cliff: 7.4 mi
- Top Rock: 8.7 mi
- Deer Leap: 8.7 mi
- Upper Tier: 8.7 mi
- Lower Tier: 8.8 mi
- Thundering Brook Falls: 8.0 mi
- Texas Falls: 10.5 mi
- Irene Falls: 11.8 mi
- Otter Creek Falls: 13.3 mi
- Falls of Lana: 13.8 mi
- Gorham Covered Bridge: 12.7 mi
- South Pomfret Covered Bridge: 17.4 mi
- Howe Covered Bridge: 17.5 mi
- Cilley Covered Bridge: 17.7 mi
- Mill Covered Bridge: 18.5 mi
- Northeast Community Garden: 13.4 mi
- Northwest Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Southeast Community Garden: 14.6 mi
- South Royalton Community Garden: 16.0 mi
- Japanese Garden: 17.0 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 14.4 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center - Sharon: 20.9 mi
- White River Swimming Spot: 15.9 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 24.7 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Lucky Seven: 17.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Wilcox Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farr Peak | WNW 283° | 1,071 m | 5.5 mi |
| Bloodroot Mountain | W 266° | 1,061 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Carmel | WSW 255° | 1,027 m | 4.4 mi |
| Cape Lookoff Mountain | WNW 303° | 1,024 m | 8.2 mi |
| Gillespie Peak | NW 308° | 1,019 m | 9.0 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 305° | 1,018 m | 3.0 mi |
| Goshen Mountain | WNW 292° | 1,002 m | 7.3 mi |
| Blue Ridge Mountain | SSW 203° | 990 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:54 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:30 | 16:17 |
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 | 19 | 21 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356555343
Day trips start here
- Woodstock · 20 mi
- Middlebury · 21 mi
- Quechee · 23 mi
- Norwich · 27 mi
- Hanover · 28 mi
- Waitsfield · 28 mi
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