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Russell Crag

Russell Crag, seen from above at true elevation

Russell Crag is a cliff in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 442 m. Mount Moosilauke stands 1,468 m to the west, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Merriam Woods, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. River Heritage Tour passes 0.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
442 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.00072, -71.66690

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Cliffs
  • The Imaginarium: 0.5 mi
  • Welcome Wall: 0.6 mi
  • Nook: 0.6 mi
  • Stolen Buttress: 0.7 mi
  • Main Cliff: 0.7 mi
Parks
Peaks
Waterfalls: 45
  • Dusk Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Georgiana Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Gordon Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Harvard Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Mill Brook Cascade: 5.7 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Alpine Adventures Outdoor Recreation: 2.7 mi
  • Ice Castles: 3.0 mi
  • Lost River Gorge & Boulder Caves: 6.3 mi
  • Flume Gorge & Visitor Center: 6.7 mi
  • Table Rock Flume Brook: 6.8 mi
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 17
Beaches: 9
Picnic sites: 8
Springs: 5
  • Liberty Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 17.7 mi
  • lower falls: 21.0 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
Artworks: 4
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 16.8 mi
  • Tree Harp: 21.7 mi
  • Sunflowers: 21.8 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 21.8 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Peace Garden: 16.6 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Russell Crag. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MoosilaukeW 281°1,468 m8.3 mi
South PeakW 275°1,381 m8.7 mi
Mount BlueWNW 285°1,380 m7.9 mi
Mount LibertyN 9°1,353 m8.0 mi
South Kinsman MountainNNW 338°1,320 m9.1 mi
Mount FlumeNNE 15°1,316 m7.7 mi
Mount OsceolaE 89°1,315 m6.5 mi
Middle PeakE 88°1,280 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0519:5020:34
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1915:2516:12

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357730683

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