Equinox Mountain, Arlington

Name: Equinox Mountain
Address: Arlington, United States

#1 among attractions in Arlington

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Mountain

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Equinox Mountain is a mountain in Bennington County, Vermont, United States, in the town of Manchester. The mountain is the highest peak of the Taconic Range, and the highest point of Bennington County. It is one of thirteen peaks in Vermont with a topographic prominence over 2,000 feet, ranked third behind Mansfield and Killington. Equinox is the second highest peak in southern Vermont, after Stratton Mountain. ()

Prominence: 3040 ftCoordinates: 43°9'58"N, 73°7'6"W

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Arlington United States

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Equinox Mountain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hildene, Bill Wilson House, American Museum of Fly Fishing, Museum of the Creative Process.

2.6 miSE
Museum, Garden, Historical place
Hildene, Manchester
68 min walk • Hildene, the Lincoln Family Home is the former summer home of Robert Todd Lincoln and his wife Mary Harlan Lincoln, located at 1005 Hildene Road in Manchester Center, Vermont.
7.5 miNE
History museum, Museum, Greek Revival architecture
Bill Wilson House, Green Mountain National Forest
191 min walk • The Bill Wilson House is a historic 19th-century hotel at 378 Village Street in East Dorset, Vermont, United States. Built in 1852, it is the birthplace and living memorial of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill Wilson.
2.6 miE
Museum, Specialty museum
American Museum of Fly Fishing, Manchester
66 min walk • The American Museum of Fly Fishing is a museum in Manchester, Vermont, United States, that preserves and exhibits artifacts related to American angling.
3 miSE
Museum, Science museum, Art museum
Museum of the Creative Process, Manchester
78 min walk • The Museum of the Creative Process is a museum and learning center dedicated to understanding the role of creativity as a conflict resolving mechanism.
6.7 miSW
Bridge
Arlington Green Covered Bridge, Green Mountain National Forest
171 min walk • The Arlington Green Covered Bridge is a covered bridge located off Vermont Route 313 in Arlington, Vermont. The Town lattice truss bridge carries Covered Bridge Road across Batten Kill. It was built in 1852 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is one of Vermont's oldest surviving bridges.
6.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Aeolus, Green Mountain National Forest
167 min walk • Mount Aeolus is a mountain summit in Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, United States. Mount Aeolus is one of the Taconic Mountains. It lies 1.5 miles west of the community of East Dorset.
2.9 miE
Golf
Ekwanok Country Club, Manchester
73 min walk • Ekwanok Country Club is a golf course in Manchester, Vermont. It was built by Walter Travis.
4.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Rupert State Forest, Green Mountain National Forest
123 min walk • Rupert State Forest covers 363 acres in Rupert, Vermont in Bennington County. The forest is managed by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation.
5.8 miSE
Natural attraction, Protected area
Lye Brook Wilderness, Green Mountain National Forest
148 min walk • The Lye Brook Wilderness is one of eight wilderness areas in the Green Mountain National Forest in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
3.1 miSE
Greek Revival architecture
Hard Farm Homestead, Manchester
79 min walk • The Hard Farm Homestead, also known as the Zera Hard House, is a historic farm complex on River Road in Manchester, Vermont. Consisting of an early 19th-century Cape, an 1840s Greek Revival house, and a number of 19th-century outbuildings, it represents a rare surviving assemblage of farm buildings in the town.
1.6 miW
Monastery
Charterhouse of the Transfiguration, Green Mountain National Forest
41 min walk • The Charterhouse of the Transfiguration is the only Carthusian monastery in the United States, located on Mt. Equinox, in Sandgate, Vermont. It was founded under the initiative of Thomas Verner Moore and completed in 1970. The 7,000-acre property was donated by Joseph George Davidson, a retired Union Carbide Corporation executive.