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Robert Frost Wayside

Robert Frost Wayside from directly overhead

Robert Frost Wayside is a rest area in Vermont, at a recorded elevation of 406 m. Bread Loaf Mountain stands 1,165 m to the northeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert Frost Interpretive Area, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 8.0 miles off.

The story

park in Addison County, Vermont, United States of America

Wikidata Q49551983, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
406 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.95807, -73.00710

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Harold Curtiss Recreational Park: 4.5 mi
  • Bradbury State Park: 8.6 mi
  • Middlebury Town Green: 8.9 mi
  • Cannon Park: 8.9 mi
  • Lazarus Park: 8.9 mi
Nature reserves: 31
Cliffs: 22
Museums: 20
Artworks: 17
Attractions: 15
Waterfalls: 15
  • Falls of Lana: 4.6 mi
  • Texas Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 6.5 mi
  • Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 6.5 mi
  • Moss Glen Falls: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Middlebury Community Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 20.1 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 20.4 mi
  • Colonial Revival King's Garden: 20.4 mi
  • Northeast Community Garden: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Lions Club Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
  • Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 23.0 mi
  • Powerhouse Park: 23.0 mi
  • Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 23.2 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Punch Bowl swimming hole: 15.5 mi
  • Bulwagga Bay Beach: 23.0 mi
  • Port Henry Village Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Black Point Public Beach: 24.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Lucky Seven: 3.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Robert Frost Wayside. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bread Loaf MountainNE 47°1,165 m4.5 mi
Mount WilsonNE 51°1,147 m5.2 mi
Mount GrantNNE 32°1,104 m7.7 mi
Mount RooseveltNE 46°1,073 m6.2 mi
Farr PeakSSE 163°1,071 m10.8 mi
Mount ClevelandNE 39°1,058 m7.8 mi
Battell MountainENE 62°1,043 m4.0 mi
Cape Lookoff MountainSSE 166°1,024 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2619:04
June solstice05:1019:5520:39
September equinox06:4018:1318:51
December solstice07:2415:3016:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202232445765706861493726
Precip in2.42.02.43.34.04.34.84.03.74.22.93.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salisbury 2 N, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356555368

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