Wadleigh State Beach
Wadleigh State Beach is a beach in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 276 m. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the east-northeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Wadleigh State Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
beach in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States
Wikidata Q49325138, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 276 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 10.4 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 19.6 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 18.4 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 6 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 25 mi
- Indian Ridge · 28 mi
- Norman Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wadleigh State Park: 0.2 mi
- Pierce Park: 4.0 mi
- The Sargent Common: 4.1 mi
- Wilmot Town Ball Field: 4.1 mi
- Scytheville Park: 4.2 mi
- Sutton Town Forest & Wetland: 0.3 mi
- Seymour Natural Area: 0.6 mi
- Sundell Natural Area: 0.6 mi
- Sutton Pines: 0.9 mi
- Shadow Hill State Forest: 1.1 mi
- Porter Hill: 0.4 mi
- Wadleigh Hill: 0.9 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 1.3 mi
- Fellows Hill: 1.5 mi
- Rowell Hill: 1.6 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 15.0 mi
- William A. Fenlason Square: 16.0 mi
- Odell Park Arch: 16.3 mi
- Elkins Beach: 4.1 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 4.7 mi
- State Park Beach: 5.8 mi
- Bucklin Beach: 5.9 mi
- Dewey Beach: 7.1 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 4.7 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 6.9 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 7.1 mi
- Sunapee Historical Society: 7.3 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 8.5 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 11.3 mi
- Uranus: 23.0 mi
- Neptune: 23.0 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 23.1 mi
- Pluto: 23.1 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 11.4 mi
- Gleason Falls: 14.9 mi
- Profile Falls: 18.0 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 18.7 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 18.7 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 19.7 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 22.9 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 22.9 mi
- Everett Dam: 23.4 mi
- Everett Dam: 23.5 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 4.2 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 14.6 mi
- Botanical Garden: 23.1 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 23.1 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 24.9 mi
- Baker Ledge: 2.9 mi
- The Bulkhead: 9.7 mi
- The Ledges: 21.7 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 23.0 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 10.8 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 19.8 mi
- Hippy Hill: 12.2 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 23.7 mi
- (seasonal): 12.3 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 19.7 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 6.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Wadleigh State Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kearsarge | ENE 70° | 891 m | 4.9 mi |
| Summit | WSW 244° | 828 m | 7.0 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | WSW 240° | 824 m | 6.8 mi |
| South Peak | WSW 239° | 794 m | 6.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | ENE 78° | 774 m | 4.2 mi |
| Little Mountain | ENE 78° | 710 m | 5.3 mi |
| North Peak | WSW 247° | 692 m | 6.8 mi |
| Bald Sunapee | SW 219° | 632 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Sunapee, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357740157
Day trips start here
- New London · 4 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 13 mi
- Franklin · 16 mi
- Tilton · 19 mi
- Claremont · 20 mi
- Orange · 20 mi
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