Echo Lake Beach
Echo Lake Beach is a beach in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 592 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the east-southeast, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Artists Bluff, a cliff 0.2 miles away. White Mountain Trail runs past it.
The story
lake in New Hampshire, United States of America
Wikidata Q5332720, matched on coordinates and name (354 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the White Mountain Trail, National
- 7.0 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 11.4 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 8.8 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Profiler Plaza · 1 mi
- Willey Brook Bridge Overlook · 14 mi
- Pemigewasset Overlook · 14 mi
- Idlewilde View · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Artists Bluff: 0.2 mi
- Square Inch Wall: 0.3 mi
- Maggot Buttress: 0.3 mi
- Hermit Haven: 0.3 mi
- Hone Wall: 0.3 mi
- Bald Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Mittersill Peak: 1.2 mi
- Cannon Mountain - East Peak: 1.4 mi
- Cannon Mountain: 1.5 mi
- The Cannon Balls East: 2.1 mi
- Lafayette Brook Scenic Area: 2.0 mi
- Wells Road Property: 2.5 mi
- Grote Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Franconia Town Forest: 2.8 mi
- Lawrence Family Forest: 3.1 mi
- Bridesmaid Falls: 1.4 mi
- Bridalveil Falls: 1.9 mi
- Stairs Falls: 3.0 mi
- Swiftwater Falls: 3.1 mi
- Cloudland Falls: 3.1 mi
- Franconia Notch State Park: 0.6 mi
- Fox Hill Park: 3.8 mi
- The Frost Place: 3.9 mi
- Dow Park: 4.1 mi
- Coffin Pond Conservation Area: 5.5 mi
- Boise Rock: 1.9 mi
- The Basin: 4.0 mi
- Liberty Gorge: 5.2 mi
- Table Rock Flume Brook: 5.5 mi
- Flume Gorge: 5.5 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 0.6 mi
- Old Man of the Mountain Museum: 0.9 mi
- Robert Frost Museum: 3.9 mi
- Franconia Heritage Museum: 4.0 mi
- Stone Iron Furnace Museum: 4.7 mi
- Governor Gallen Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Chase cellar hole: 12.8 mi
- Bath New Hampshire: 13.5 mi
- Willey House: 14.7 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Moore Dam Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Boise Rock: 1.9 mi
- The Basin, West: 3.8 mi
- The Basin, East: 4.1 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 13.6 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 16.2 mi
- Liberty Spring: 4.8 mi
- Lac Littleton: 12.6 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 21.0 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 21.0 mi
- Peabody Spring: 21.7 mi
- Tree Harp: 9.7 mi
- Sunflowers: 9.7 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 9.7 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 18.7 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 22.2 mi
- Livermore: 17.3 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Echo Lake Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lafayette | ESE 115° | 1,600 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | SE 129° | 1,551.12 m | 3.2 mi |
| North Lincoln | ESE 122° | 1,524 m | 3.0 mi |
| North Lafayette | ESE 108° | 1,519 m | 2.6 mi |
| South Twin Mountain | E 84° | 1,491 m | 7.0 mi |
| North Twin Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,452 m | 7.0 mi |
| Little Haystack Mountain | SE 137° | 1,440 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Bond | ESE 102° | 1,432 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:50 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:24 | 16:12 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 17 | 27 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethlehem 2, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/404365154
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