Bittersweet Falls
Bittersweet Falls is a waterfall in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Bread Loaf Mountain stands 1,165 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Pulp Mill Covered Bridge, a covered bridge 2.0 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 10 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 16.1 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 18.0 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 22.5 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
Overlooks nearby
- limited view southeast · 13 mi
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 24 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 27 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chipman Hill: 2.8 mi
- Snake Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Saint George Hill: 4.0 mi
- Hamilton Hill: 4.6 mi
- Hemingway Hill: 6.1 mi
- Weybridge Cave State Park: 2.2 mi
- Lazarus Park: 2.7 mi
- Cannon Park: 2.7 mi
- Middlebury Town Green: 2.7 mi
- Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Battell Woods Natural Area: 3.5 mi
- Means Woods Natural Area: 3.5 mi
- Salisbury Fish Culture Section: 9.3 mi
- Deer Leap Natural Area: 10.9 mi
- Sheepshead Island: 11.6 mi
- The Ledge: 2.3 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 3.2 mi
- Red Rock Pond: 3.7 mi
- Marble Ledge: 4.2 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 10.6 mi
- Carleton's Raid Monument: 2.6 mi
- Emma Willard Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Middlebury to Her Soldiers: 2.8 mi
- Frederick Douglass Launched The One Hundred Conventions: 2.8 mi
- Court Square: 2.8 mi
- Sheldon Museum: 2.6 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 2.7 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 4.8 mi
- Chimney Point Museum: 10.1 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 10.4 mi
- Smog: 2.2 mi
- Bench and Table: 2.3 mi
- Youbie Obie: 2.3 mi
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 2.4 mi
- King Kong: 2.4 mi
- Middlebury Falls: 2.7 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 3.2 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 6.6 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 6.6 mi
- Bartlett Falls: 10.8 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 6.6 mi
- Nature preserve: 7.7 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 7.7 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 11.4 mi
- Vermont Teddy Bear: 22.9 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 11.8 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 11.9 mi
- Westport Beach: 15.1 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 19.1 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 20.3 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 2.0 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 18.8 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 21.2 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 22.4 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 24.0 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 11.7 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 11.9 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 12.0 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Footbridge Park: 22.9 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 15.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 24.2 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 11.6 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 24.3 mi
- Lucky Seven: 9.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Bittersweet Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bread Loaf Mountain | E 98° | 1,165 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Grant | E 84° | 1,104 m | 14.6 mi |
| Battell Mountain | ESE 102° | 1,043 m | 14.3 mi |
| Boyce Mountain | ESE 106° | 989 m | 14.3 mi |
| Kirby Peak | ESE 109° | 934 m | 14.3 mi |
| Burnt Hill | ESE 110° | 918 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Moosalamoo | SE 130° | 789 m | 10.8 mi |
| Robert Frost Mountain | E 94° | 735 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:56 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:31 | 16:18 |
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 | 18 | 20 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cornwall, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 975 | 877 | 1,548 | 2,523 | 1,545 | 869 | 622 | 508 | 481 | 677 | 931 | 1,027 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Otter Creek AT Middlebury, VT, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4473831115
Day trips start here
- Middlebury · 4 mi
- Crown Point · 12 mi
- Westport · 15 mi
- Charlotte · 20 mi
- Essex · 20 mi
- Elizabethtown · 22 mi
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