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Eagle Cliff

Eagle Cliff, seen from above at true elevation

Eagle Cliff is a cliff in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 993 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the east-southeast, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Man of the Mountain Museum, a museum 0.6 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 0.4 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates44.16791, -71.67068

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Cliffs
  • Moby Grape: 1.0 mi
  • Hone Wall: 1.0 mi
  • Cannon Cliff: 1.0 mi
  • Profile Cliff: 1.1 mi
  • Hermit Haven: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls: 52
Parks: 51
  • Franconia Notch State Park: 1.2 mi
  • Fox Hill Park: 5.1 mi
  • The Frost Place: 5.3 mi
  • Dow Park: 5.4 mi
  • Coffin Pond Conservation Area: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 43
  • Boise Rock: 1.1 mi
  • The Basin: 3.3 mi
  • Liberty Gorge: 4.4 mi
  • Flume Gorge: 4.7 mi
  • Table Rock Flume Brook: 4.7 mi
Museums: 20
Historic sites: 14
  • Governor Gallen Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 7.9 mi
  • Willey House: 13.5 mi
  • Chase cellar hole: 14.0 mi
  • Bath New Hampshire: 14.6 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Springs: 7
  • Liberty Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 13.9 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
Artworks: 3
  • Tree Harp: 10.8 mi
  • Sunflowers: 10.9 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 10.9 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Eagle Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LafayetteESE 111°1,600 m1.4 mi
Mount LincolnSE 136°1,551.12 m1.8 mi
North LincolnSE 124°1,524 m1.6 mi
North LafayetteE 94°1,519 m1.3 mi
South Twin MountainENE 77°1,491 m5.9 mi
North Twin MountainENE 67°1,452 m6.1 mi
Little Haystack MountainSSE 147°1,440 m2.3 mi
Mount BondE 98°1,432 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0419:5020:34
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:2015:2416:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029425463686659473626
Precip in3.43.03.45.24.24.86.03.93.85.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Nepp, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/328889725

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