Mount Ascutney, Brownsville

Name: Mount Ascutney
Address: Brownsville, United States

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Mount Ascutney is a mountain and inactive volcano in the U.S. state of Vermont. At 3,144 feet, it is the second-highest peak in Windsor County. Mount Ascutney is a monadnock that rises abruptly from the surrounding lowlands. For example, the Windsor Trail is 2.7 miles to the summit with 2,514 feet of elevation gain and an overall 18% grade. Particularly noteworthy are the mountain's granite outcrops, one of which, near the summit, serves as a launching point for hang-gliders. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 3144 ftProminence: 2270 ftCoordinates: 43°26'38"N, 72°27'16"W

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Mount Ascutney – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge, Cornish Colony Museum, American Precision Museum.

5.5 miNE
Museum, History museum
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish
142 min walk • Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in Cornish, New Hampshire, preserves the home, gardens, and studios of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, one of America's foremost sculptors.
4.1 miNE
Historical place, Bridge
Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge, Windsor
105 min walk • The Cornish–Windsor Covered Bridge is a 155-year-old, two-span, timber Town lattice-truss, interstate, covered bridge that crosses the Connecticut River between Cornish, New Hampshire, and Windsor, Vermont. Until 2008, when the Smolen–Gulf Bridge opened in Ohio, it had been the longest covered bridge in the United States.
4.1 miNE
Museum, Art museum
Cornish Colony Museum, Windsor
105 min walk • The Cornish Colony Museum was located in Windsor, Vermont. It was an art museum and educational institution, dedicated to displaying and teaching about the creative individuals who lived and worked in the Cornish Art Colony.
3.9 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
American Precision Museum, Windsor
99 min walk • The American Precision Museum is located in the renovated 1846 Robbins & Lawrence factory on South Main Street in Windsor, Vermont.
4.4 miNE
Museum, History museum
Old Constitution House, Windsor
114 min walk • The Old Constitution House is a historic house at 16 North Main Street in Windsor, Vermont. It is the birthplace of the Vermont Republic and the Constitution of the State of Vermont.
1.5 miNW
Winter sport, Ski area
Ascutney Mountain Resort, Brownsville
38 min walk • Ascutney Mountain Resort was a downhill ski area on the western side of Mount Ascutney in Brownsville, Vermont that operated from 1946 until 2010.
4.2 miNE
Park
Windsor House, Windsor
108 min walk • The Windsor House is a historic former hotel building at 54 Main Street in Windsor, Vermont. Built in 1836, it was for many years a mainstay of the village's travel industry, whose famous guests include Theodore Roosevelt.
5.9 miSE
Church
Union Episcopal Church, Claremont
150 min walk • Union Episcopal Church, also known as the English Church, is a historic church located on Old Church Road in Claremont, New Hampshire, in the United States.
2.2 miNW
Bridge
Bowers Covered Bridge, Brownsville
56 min walk • The Bowers Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge, carrying Bible Hill Road across Mill Brook in the Brownsville section of West Windsor, Vermont.
3.2 miW
Bridge
Best's Covered Bridge, Brownsville
82 min walk • Best's Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge in West Windsor, Vermont, that carries Churchill Road over Mill Creek, just south of Vermont Route 44.
3.7 miNE
Dam
Ascutney Mill Dam, Windsor
95 min walk • Ascutney Mill Dam, also known as the Windsor Upper Dam and the Mill Pond Dam, is an arch-gravity dam which is one of the oldest and among the earliest storage dams in the United States.

Mount Ascutney, Brownsville

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Mount Ascutney – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)