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Bugle Cliff

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Looking south from Bugle Cliff. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.

Bugle Cliff sits at 2,369 feet along the Presidential Range Tour, facing south across terrain that drops 587 feet within 600 meters of the overlook. Silver Cascade, a viewpoint, lies to the south at 0.4 miles and 1,790 feet. Mount Field rises to the southwest at 1.9 miles, reaching 4,319 feet, and Mount Willey stands south-southwest at 2.2 miles, at 4,281 feet. Mount Willey is named for Samuel Willey Jr. and his family, who settled in Crawford Notch in 1825 and were killed the following year in an August 1826 landslide.

Daylight at the overlook varies through the year: sunrise at 06:50 and sunset at 18:58 near the March equinox, sunrise at 05:03 and sunset at 20:34 near the June solstice, sunrise at 06:33 and sunset at 18:45 near the September equinox, and sunrise at 07:19 and sunset at 16:10 near the December solstice. Littleton lies 19.4 miles west-northwest, Berlin is 20.9 miles north-northeast, and Saint Johnsbury is 33.6 miles west-northwest. The next stop along the byway is Ladies' Lookout.

Access
On the byway
Elevation
2,369 ft
View
South · 180°
Relief
587 ft drop
In view
3 named features
The leaves are cauline and more or less clasping. The inflorescence has 4 to 9 phyllaries and contains ray and disk flowers which are white to pink. There are generally 3 to 8 ray flowers that are ovate to round. Disk flowers range from 15 to 40. The inflorescence is produced in a flat-topped cluste
Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA · CC BY 2.0 · source
The view from the top of the Mount Willard Trail in Crawford Notch State Park in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Crawford Notch and Lake
gotjen · CC BY 3.0 · source
Fall foliage along a stream in White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire.
Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
My spouse laughed at me for climbing to mountain peaks and ignoring the view while I tried to find spiders on the ground to post to SpiderID.com, a citizen science website. I considered it proof of my dedication.
CheapCamera · CC BY 4.0 · source
View of Earth taken during ISS Expedition 47.
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain · source

What you’re looking at

Named terrain inside the view from this overlook, nearest first.

  • Silver Cascade1,790 ftsouth · 0.4 mi
  • Mount Field4,319 ftsouthwest · 1.9 mi
  • Mount Willey4,281 ftsouth-southwest · 2.2 mi

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox06:5018:5818:20
June solstice05:0320:3419:49
September equinox06:3318:4518:07
December solstice07:1916:1015:22

Local time (America/New_York). Computed for this exact position.

Where it is

  • Littleton19.4 mi west-northwest
  • Berlin20.9 mi north-northeast
  • Saint Johnsbury33.6 mi west-northwest
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Mount Willey · WikipediaCC BY-SA

Mount Willey is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The mountain is named after Samuel Willey, Jr. (1766–1826) and his family, who in 1825 moved into a house in Crawford Notch. The family was killed a year later in August 1826 during a landslide.

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How high is Bugle Cliff?

Bugle Cliff sits at about 2,369 feet (722 m).

What can you see from Bugle Cliff?

From Bugle Cliff: Silver Cascade (S, 0.4 mi); Mount Field (SW, 1.9 mi); Mount Willey (SSW, 2.2 mi).

What is the nearest town to Bugle Cliff?

Littleton, 19 miles WNW of Bugle Cliff.

What is the next lookout after Bugle Cliff?

Ladies’ Lookout is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after Bugle Cliff.

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