Caledonia County is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2010 census, the population was 31,227. Its shire town is the town of St. Johnsbury. The county was created in 1792 and organized in 1796. It was given the Latin name for Scotland, in honor of the many settlers who claimed ancestry there.
Hancock is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The town was named for John Hancock. The population was 323 at the 2010 census. Hancock is home to the Middlebury College Snow Bowl and contains Middlebury Gap through the Green Mountains.
Burke is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,753 at the 2010 census. The town contains the villages of East Burke, West Burke and Burke Hollow. The town is home to Burke Mountain and Burke Mountain Academy.
Kirby is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The population was 493 at the 2010 census.
The Green Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Vermont. The range runs primarily south to north and extends approximately 250 miles (400 km) from the border with Massachusetts to the border with Quebec, Canada. The part of the same range that is in Massachusetts and Connecticut is known as The Berkshires or the Berkshire Hills and the Quebec portion is called the Sutton Mountains, or Monts Sutton in French.
These are lists of mountains and mountain ranges in Ireland. Those within Northern Ireland, or on the border, are marked with an asterisk, while the rest are within the Republic of Ireland. Where mountains are ranked by height, the definition of the "topographical prominence", used to classify the mountain, is noted. In British definitions, a height of 600 metres (1,969 ft) is required for a "mountain", whereas in Ireland, a lower threshold of 500 metres (1,640 ft) is sometimes advocated.
The Taconic Mountains or Taconic Range are a physiographic section of the larger New England province and part of the Appalachian Mountains, running along the eastern border of New York State and adjacent New England from northwest Connecticut to western Massachusetts, north to central western Vermont. The range includes notable summits such as Mount Equinox and Mount Greylock, the highest point in Massachusetts. Currently local residents, consistent with the prominent 19th century geologist, T. Nelson Dale, consider the Mount Greylock Massif as a subsidiary of the main Taconic Range to the west.
Big Sky Resort is a ski resort in southwestern Montana in Madison County, an hour south of Bozeman via U.S. Highway 191 in Big Sky, Montana. It is the second largest ski resort in the United States by acreage.
The Beartooth Mountains are located in south central Montana and northwest Wyoming, U.S. and are part of the 944,000 acres (382,000 ha) Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, within Custer, Gallatin and Shoshone National Forests. The Beartooths are the location of Granite Peak, which at 12,807 feet (3,904 m) is the highest point in the state of Montana. The mountains are just northeast of Yellowstone National Park and are part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The mountains are traversed by road via the Beartooth Highway with the highest elevation at Beartooth Pass 10,947 ft (3,337 m)). The name of the mountain range is attributed to a rugged peak found in the range, Beartooth Peak, that has the appearance of a bear's tooth.
The Lewis Range is a mountain range located in the Rocky Mountains of northern Montana, United States and extreme southern Alberta, Canada. It was formed as a result of the Lewis Overthrust, a geologic thrust fault resulted in the overlying of younger Cretaceous rocks by older Proterozoic rocks. The range is located within Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada and Glacier National Park and the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex in Montana, United States. The highest peak is Mount Cleveland at 10,466 ft (3,190 m).
The Buckhorn Wilderness is a 44,319-acre (17,935 ha) mountainous wilderness area on the northeastern Olympic Peninsula in Washington, USA. Named after Buckhorn Mountain, the wilderness abuts the eastern boundary of Olympic National Park which includes nearby Mount Constance, Inner Constance, Warrior Peak, and Mount Deception.
Wilmington is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,876 at the 2010 census.
Canyon Ferry Dam is a concrete gravity dam in a narrow valley of the Missouri River, United States, where the Big Belt Mountains and the Spokane Hills merge, approximately 68 miles (109 km) downstream from the confluence of the Gallatin, Madison, and Jefferson rivers, and about 20 miles (32 km) east of the city of Helena, Montana. The dam is for flood control, irrigation, recreation and hydroelectric power. The building of the dam created a reservoir known as Canyon Ferry Lake.
The Pike Creek Hills, are a small range of hills 8.3 miles (13.4 km) west of the community of Flatwillow in Petroleum and Fergus counties in Montana. The highest elevation is an unnamed peak at 4,032 feet (1,229 m) with the stream valleys of Pike Creek to the north and Flatwillow Creek to the south at around 3,500 ft (1,100 m). The east end of the Little Snowy Mountains lie 12 miles (19 km) to the west.
