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List Of Mountains In Vermont
This is a list of mountains in the U.S. state of Vermont. List Gallery Mount Mansfield photos File:Jericho & Mt Mansfield aerial 2019-04-06.jpg, Aerial eastward view from Jericho File:Mt mansfield 06212004.JPG, Top of Mount Mansfield facing west File:1chin.jpg, Eastward view of "The Chin" File:Mount Mansfield, Vermont - panoramio (6).jpg, View from the northeast File:4chin.jpg, Top of Mount Mansfield facing south Killington Peak photos File:Killington 1.jpg, Top of Killington facing north File:Killington 3.jpg, Top of Killington facing west File:Killington 2.jpg, Top of Killington facing west Camel's Hump Mountain Photos File:CamelsHumpMt 20150724.jpg, Eastward view of Camel's Hump Mountain from South Burlington File:CamelsHumpVT2012.jpg, Westward view of the summit File:CamelsHumpFromWest 20151019.jpg, View from the northwest Woodbury Mountain Photos File:Buffalo from Hardwick Farms Rd 229.jpg, View of Woodbury from Hardwick Farms Road facing WSW File:Buffalo from Mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher than a hill, typically rising at least above the surrounding land. A few mountains are inselberg, isolated summits, but most occur in mountain ranges. mountain formation, Mountains are formed through tectonic plate, tectonic forces, erosion, or volcanism, which act on time scales of up to tens of millions of years. Once mountain building ceases, mountains are slowly leveled through the action of weathering, through Slump (geology), slumping and other forms of mass wasting, as well as through erosion by rivers and glaciers. High elevations on mountains produce Alpine climate, colder climates than at sea level at similar latitude. These colder climates strongly affect the Montane ecosystems, ecosystems of mountains: different elevations hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Abraham (Vermont)
Mount Abraham (known as Mount Abe to locals) is a mountain in the Green Mountains in the U.S. state of Vermont. Located in the Green Mountain National Forest, its summit is in the town of Lincoln in Addison County, but its eastern slopes extend into the town of Warren in Washington County. The mountain is named after Abraham Lincoln, former president of the United States. It is one of five peaks in Vermont's Presidential Range. At , Mount Abraham is the highest point in Addison County, the fifth highest peak in Vermont, and one of the hundred highest peaks in New England. Its summit supports a small amount of alpine tundra vegetation. History Chartered in 1780, the town of Lincoln is named after American Revolutionary War hero Benjamin Lincoln, not Abraham Lincoln as might be expected. Nearby Lincoln Peak is also named after Benjamin Lincoln. In Addison County, all place names containing the word “Lincoln” pre-date the birth of Abraham Lincoln. At various times, Moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Killington
Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt * ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film *The Littles, a series of children's novels by American author John Peterson ** ''The Littles'' (TV series), an American animated series based on the novels Places *Little, Kentucky, United States *Little, West Virginia, United States Other uses *Clan Little, a Scottish clan *Little (surname), an English surname *Little (automobile), an American automobile manufactured from 1912 to 1915 *Little, Brown and Company, an American publishing company * USS ''Little'', multiple United States Navy ships See also * * *Little Mountain (other) *Little River (other) *Little Island (other) Little Island can refer to: Geographical areas Australia * Little Island (South Australia) * Little Island (Tasmania) * Little Island (Western Australia) Canada * Little Island (Lake Kagawong), Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windham County, Vermont
Windham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,905. The shire town (county seat) is Newfane, and the largest municipality is the town of Brattleboro. History Fort Bridgman, Vernon, was burned in 1755, a casualty of the French and Indian War. The Court of Common Pleas (established 1768) of the County of Cumberland (established July 3, 1766) of the Province of New York was moved to the town of Westminster in 1772. On July 4, 1776, the Province of New York became an independent state. On January 15, 1777, Vermont declared its independence from New York, and functioned as an independent republic until statehood in 1791. Cumberland County (N.Y.) and Gloucester County (N.Y.) were extinguished when Vermont declared its independence from New York; Albany County (N.Y.) and Charlotte County (now Washington County, N.Y.) were eliminated from Vermont. Unity County was formed March 17, 1778, the eastern of the two original V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stratton, Vermont
Stratton is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 440 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 46.9 square miles (121.5 km2), of which 46.4 square miles (120.1 km2) is land and 0.5 square mile (1.4 km2) (1.15%) is water. Stratton Mountain is the high point of the town. Stratton Mountain Resort is at the northern end of the mountain. The community of Stratton Mountain comprises the base of the resort as well as residential development to the north in the town of Winhall. History Daniel Webster spoke to 10,000 Whigs on Stratton Mountain in 1840. Stratton was one of thirteen Vermont towns isolated by flooding caused by Hurricane Irene in 2011. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 216 people, 60 households, and 36 families residing in the town. The population density was 2.9 people per square mile (1.1/km2). There were 1,091 housing units a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stratton Mountain (Vermont)
Stratton Mountain is a mountain located in Windham County, Vermont, Windham County, Vermont, in the Green Mountain National Forest. The mountain is the highest point of Windham County, and of the southern Green Mountains generally. A fire tower located on the summit is generally open for climbing by the public. There is also a small caretaker cabin (not open to the public) at the summit that is inhabited in season by a caretaker from the Green Mountain Club. The northern end of the mountain is occupied by Stratton Mountain Resort. Geography Stratton Mountain stands within the drainage basin, watershed of the Connecticut River, which drains into Long Island Sound in Connecticut. The south and southeast slopes of Stratton Mountain drain into Ball Mountain Brook, thence into the West River (Vermont), West River, and into the Connecticut River. The east side of Stratton drains via Kidder Brook into the North Branch of Ball Mountain Brook. The north side of Stratton drains into the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamoille County, Vermont
Lamoille County () is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,945, and it is the third-least populous county in Vermont. Its shire town (county seat) is the town of Hyde Park, while Morristown is the county's largest town by population as well as its main commercial center. The county was created in 1835 from portions of Orleans, Franklin, Washington, and Chittenden Counties and organized the following year. History The area was buried in a mile of ice during the Ice Age. As the ice melted, Lake Stowe was formed. When the ice melted completely, the water from the lake ran out through the Lamoille River valley. This area was long occupied by the Algonquian-speaking indigenous Abenaki people and their ancestors. During French colonization of what is now Canada, fur traders began to trade with the Abenaki. There were also French who settled here, coming down from the settlements in Quebec, and named the Lamoille River. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stowe, Vermont
Stowe is a town in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. The population was 5,223 at the 2020 census. The town lies on Vermont Routes 108 and 100. It is nicknamed "The Ski Capital of the East" and is home to Stowe Mountain Resort, a ski facility with terrain on Mount Mansfield, the highest peak in Vermont, and Spruce Peak. History The indigenous people who lived in the area now called Vermont were primarily Abenaki, who spoke Algonquian. They were forced aside by strategies of displacement after primarily British settlers flooded into the area after the French and Indian War. There are no surviving names from the original language, which was most likely Mahican, an Algonquian dialect akin to Abenaki. Stowe was chartered on June 8, 1763, by Royal Governor Benning Wentworth of the Province of New Hampshire. Vermont became a U.S. state in 1791. Two years later more settlers arrived in Stowe. By the turn of the nineteenth century, the majority of the town's property had b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bear Head (Vermont)
''Bear Head'' is a dystopian sci-fi, cyberpunk political thriller by Adrian Tchaikovsky, published in 2021 by Bloomsbury Publishing. Although the novel stands alone, it is the second in the author's ''Bioforms'' series, and follows on from '' Dogs of War''. Plot The novel is set on Mars, in a world in which warfare has evolved to include bio-engineered, non-human soldiers. The story sees the return of Honey, the highly intelligent human/bear Bioform first introduced in ''Dogs of War''. Set a few decades after the events of ''Dogs of War, Bear Head'' begins with Jimmy Marten, a human engineer who has been Bioformed to deal with the hardships of working on Mars. Life in Hell City is bleak, with human workers and Bioforms co-operating to create a luxury environment for a wealthy elite, without ever enjoying its benefits. Jimmy's life is hard, and he seeks release through Stringer, a local — and very expensive — designer drug. Desperate for money, he agrees to use his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
View From Killington Peak Looking At Pico Peak
Acornsoft was the software arm of Acorn Computers, and a major publisher of software for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron. As well as games, it also produced a large number of educational titles, extra computer languages and business and utility packages – these included word processor ''VIEW'' and the spreadsheet ''ViewSheet'' supplied on ROM and cartridge for the BBC Micro/Acorn Electron and included as standard in the BBC Master and Acorn Business Computer. History Acornsoft was formed in late 1980 by Acorn Computers directors Hermann Hauser and Chris Curry, and David Johnson-Davies, author of the first game for a UK personal computer and of the official Acorn Atom manual "Atomic Theory and Practice". David Johnson-Davies was managing director and in early 1981 was joined by Tim Dobson, Programmer and Chris Jordan (designer), Chris Jordan, Publications Editor. While some of their games were clones or remakes of popular arcade games (e.g. ''Hopper'' is a clone of Sega's ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pico Peak
Pico Peak is a mountain in the Green Mountains in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. Pico Peak is flanked to the south by Ramshead Peak. To the north, it faces Deer Leap Mountain across Sherburne Pass. Seen from the pass, the summit of Pico Peak resembles a cone. Pico Peak is the northernmost mountain of the Coolidge Range, and the second highest mountain in that range after Killington Peak. In 1927 the State Legislature named the Coolidge Range after Vermont native Calvin Coolidge. The range runs between Pico Peak and the town of Plymouth, where Coolidge grew up. The peak's name may stem from the Abenaki for "the pass/opening" or indeed from the Spanish or Portuguese word for "peak", ''Pico''. "Pico Peak" appears on the 1869 Beers Atlas of Rutland County, Walling's 1860 Map of the State of Vermont and Chace's 1854 Map of Rutland County (albeit reversed with Killington Peak). The northeast side of Pico Peak drains into Kent Brook, thence into the Ottauquechee River, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Peak (Vermont)
Lincoln Peak is a mountain located on the border between Addison and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is part of the Lincoln Mountain section of the Green Mountains in the Green Mountain National Forest. Lincoln Peak is flanked to the southwest by Mount Abraham, and to the north by Nancy Hanks Peak, which was named after Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy Lincoln (née Hanks). Lincoln Peak is named after Major General Benjamin Lincoln, who was instrumental in the American Revolutionary War victory at Saratoga. The summit is in the town of Lincoln, which is also named after Benjamin Lincoln. Lincoln Peak stands within the watershed of Lake Champlain, which drains into the Richelieu River in Québec, then into the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The south face of Lincoln Peak drains into Lincoln Brook, then into the Mad River, the Winooski River, and into Lake Champlain. The east side of Lincoln Peak drains into Bradley Brook, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
