Roxbury Pit
Roxbury Pit is a mine in Northfield, Washington, Vermont. Roxbury Pit is situated nearby to Elmwood Cemetery, as well as near the shopping center Northfield Shopping Mall.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brown Public Library and Northfield Falls Covered Bridge.
Brown Public Library
Library
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The Brown Public Library is a public library in Northfield, Vermont. It is a brick building opened in 1906. A recent extension connects it to the building of the Northfield Historical Society, located in the former home of Charles Paine, a 19th-century governor and local businessman. Brown Public Library is situated 3,500 feet south of Roxbury Pit.
Northfield Falls Covered Bridge
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The Northfield Falls Covered Bridge, also called the Station Covered Bridge, is a wooden covered bridge that carries Cox Brook Road across the Dog River in Northfield, Vermont. Northfield Falls Covered Bridge is situated 1 mile north of Roxbury Pit.
Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge
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The Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge is a wooden covered bridge that crosses Cox Brook in Northfield, Vermont on Cox Brook Road. Built in 1872, it is one of five surviving 19th-century covered bridges in the town, in the only place in Vermont where two historic bridges are visible from each other. Lower Cox Brook Covered Bridge is situated 1 mile north of Roxbury Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Northfield Falls and Roxbury.
Northfield Falls
Hamlet
Northfield Falls is an unincorporated village in the town of Northfield, Washington County, Vermont, United States. The community is located along Vermont Route 12, 1.5 miles north of the village of Northfield and 7.1 miles south-southwest of Montpelier.
Roxbury
Village
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Roxbury is a town in Washington County, Vermont, United States, created by Vermont charter on August 6, 1781. The population was 678 at the 2020 census. Roxbury is situated 6 miles southwest of Roxbury Pit.
Williamstown
Village
Williamstown is the primary village and a census-designated place in the town of Williamstown, Orange County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 1,264, out of 3,515 in the entire town of Williamstown. Williamstown is situated 6 miles southeast of Roxbury Pit.
Roxbury Pit
- Type: Mine
- Categories: quarry and industry
- Location: Northfield, Washington, Central Vermont, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.1571° or 44° 9′ 26″ northLongitude
-72.6563° or 72° 39′ 23″ westOperator
John Gross Trucking & Excavating, Inc.Open location code
87P9584V+RFOpenStreetMap ID
node 585386309OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=mine
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Elmwood Cemetery and Northfield Shopping Mall.
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