Burying Yard Point

Burying Yard Point is a cape in Grand Isle County, Northwest Vermont, Vermont. Burying Yard Point is situated nearby to the village Isle La Motte, as well as near the hamlet South Alburg.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Isle La Motte Light and Saint Annes Shrine.

Isle La Motte Light

Lighthouse

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The Isle La Motte Light in Vermont is an iron lighthouse at the northern end of Isle La Motte in Lake Champlain. It is one of several lights on the lake which were reactivated in their original structures early in the 21st century.

Saint Annes Shrine

Church

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Saint Anne's Shrine is a Roman Catholic shrine and retreat center in Isle La Motte, Vermont, on the shores of Lake Champlain. The shrine and retreat center are located several miles south of the Canada–US border, on Shrine Road, near U.S. Route 2.

Ira Hill House

Heritage site

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The Ira Hill House is a historic house at 2304 Main Streets in Isle La Motte, Vermont. Built in 1822 for a prominent local citizen by James Ritchie, a regionally acclaimed stonemason, it is one of the rural community's finer stone houses of the period. Ira Hill House is situated 2 miles southwest of Burying Yard Point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Isle La Motte and Alburgh.

Isle La Motte

Village

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Isle La Motte is an island in Lake Champlain in northwestern Vermont, United States. At 7 mi by 2 mi, it lies close to the place that the lake empties into the Richelieu River. Isle La Motte is situated 2 miles southwest of Burying Yard Point.

Alburgh

Village

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Alburgh is a village within the town of the same name in Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States. The population was 571 at the 2020 census. The town's name came from the person primarily responsible for chartering the community, Ira Allen. Alburgh is situated 5 miles north of Burying Yard Point.

Coopersville

Hamlet

Coopersville is a hamlet in Clinton County, New York, United States. Coopersville lies at an elevation of 112 feet. Most of the first settlers of this area were refugees from Canada who either did not support the British during the American Revolution, or actually took up arms against the British. Coopersville is situated 5 miles northwest of Burying Yard Point.

Burying Yard Point

Type: Cape
Also known as: “Burying Ground Point”
Category: landform
Location: Grand Isle County, Northwest Vermont, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.90226° or 44° 54′ 8″ north

Longitude

-73.31985° or 73° 19′ 12″ west

Elevation

98 feet (30 metres)

Open location code

87P8WM2J+W3

GeoNames ID

5234424

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