Gilbert Lookout

Gilbert Lookout is a scenic viewpoint in Bennington, Vermont. Gilbert Lookout is situated nearby to the peak Owls Head, as well as near Mount Aeolus.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Aeolus and Manley-Lefevre House.

Mount Aeolus

Peak

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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.

Manley-Lefevre House

Heritage site

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The Manley-Lefevre House is a historic house at 1161 Dorset West Road in Dorset, Vermont. Built out of marble about 1820 and sympathetically enlarged 1908–1927, it is the centerpiece of a 100-acre farm estate that is now home to the Marble House Project, an arts organization offering residencies. Manley-Lefevre House is situated 1½ miles southwest of Gilbert Lookout.

Dorset Playhouse

Theater building

Photo: MarcBogonovich, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dorset Playhouse is a theater building, which is situated 2 miles west of Gilbert Lookout.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorset and Kent Neighborhood Historic District.

Dorset

Village

Dorset is the primary settlement and a census-designated place in the town of Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 360, out of 2,133 in the entire town. Dorset is situated 2 miles west of Gilbert Lookout.

Kent Neighborhood Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Kent Neighborhood Historic District encompasses a little-altered early 19th-century rural neighborhood of Dorset, Vermont. Centered at the junction of Dorset West Road and Nichols Hill Road, the area is also historically significant as the site in 1775 of the first meetings that culminated in Vermont's period of independence prior to become the 14th United States state. Kent Neighborhood Historic District is situated 2½ miles west of Gilbert Lookout.

Dorset

Hamlet

Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dorset is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,133 at the 2020 census. Dorset is famous for being the location of Cephas Kent's Inn, where four meetings of the Convention that signed the Dorset Accords led to the independent Vermont Republic and future statehood. Dorset is situated 2½ miles east of Gilbert Lookout.

Gilbert Lookout

Type: Scenic viewpoint
Category: tourism
Location: Bennington, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.24356° or 43° 14′ 37″ north

Longitude

-73.05945° or 73° 3′ 34″ west

Open location code

87M86WVR+C6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5810955846

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=viewpoint

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Highlights include Owls Head and Dorset Town Offices.

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