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Mount Washington Observatory

Mount Washington Observatory from directly overhead

Mount Washington Observatory is an attraction in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 1,913 m. Mount Washington stands 1,917 m to the south-southeast, less than a tenth of a mile off. Presidential Range Tour passes 2.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mount Washington Observatory
Access
permit

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.27084, -71.30346

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Prospect Farm: 6.4 mi
  • Randolf Springs Town Park: 6.7 mi
  • Durand Lake: 7.1 mi
  • Mossy Glen: 7.5 mi
  • William H. Peek Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 52
Attractions: 41
  • ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Cog Railway Display: 11.7 mi
  • Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 12.3 mi
  • Roar-o-Saurus: 12.3 mi
  • Nor'Easter Mountain Coaster: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 41
Museums: 23
  • Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 10.2 mi
  • Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 10.5 mi
  • Jefferson Historical Museum: 12.7 mi
  • Moffett House Museum: 15.3 mi
  • MWOBs Admin Office: 17.2 mi
Picnic sites: 20
Historic sites: 20
Beaches: 11
  • Echo Lake Beach: 20.4 mi
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 20.6 mi
  • Beach Area #1: 21.1 mi
  • Beach Area #2: 21.4 mi
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 23.3 mi
Springs: 6
  • Gulfside Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 16.0 mi
  • lower falls: 17.9 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Hannes Schneider: 17.6 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 23.4 mi
  • Tree Harp: 23.4 mi
  • Sunflowers: 23.5 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 14.8 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 19.9 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Mount Washington Observatory. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WashingtonSSE 162°1,917 m0.0 mi
Ball CragNE 38°1,843 m0.3 mi
Agiocochook CragNE 45°1,748 m0.8 mi
Mount AdamsN 10°1,748 m3.5 mi
Mount JeffersonNNW 344°1,725 m2.4 mi
Nelson CragNE 54°1,708 m1.0 mi
Mount ClayNNW 330°1,684 m1.2 mi
Mount Sam AdamsN 3°1,682 m3.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:58
June solstice05:0219:4920:33
September equinox06:3318:0618:45
December solstice07:1815:2216:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F6613243646504943312112
Precip in5.75.46.77.37.78.68.97.77.710.08.17.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Washington, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/9695710694

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