Columbia Covered Bridge
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Columbia Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 301 m. Bunnell Mountain stands 1,135 m to the southeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Jordan Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Connecticut River Byway runs past it.
The story
The Columbia Bridge is a covered bridge, carrying Columbia Bridge Road over the Connecticut River between Columbia, New Hampshire and Lemington, Vermont. Built in 1911–12, it is one of only two New Hampshire bridges (along with the Mount Orne Covered Bridge) built with Howe trusses, and is one of the last covered bridges built in the historic era of covered bridge construction in both states. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
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Dates from 1912.
Wikidata Q5149627, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1912
How to reach it
- On the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 3.8 mi off the Moose Path Trail
- 16.8 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 22.9 mi off the Chemin des Cantons, National
Overlooks nearby
- Table Rock · 12 mi
- Middle Brother · 12 mi
- Dixville Notch Wildlife Viewing Area · 13 mi
- Stark Covered Bridge · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jordan Hill: 1.5 mi
- Simms Hill: 1.9 mi
- Monadnock Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Corr Hill: 3.1 mi
- Buzzell Hill: 3.6 mi
- Connecticut River Drivers Wildlife Management Area: 5.9 mi
- Patrick Woodlot: 6.0 mi
- Colebrook Town Woodlot: 6.3 mi
- Vickie Bunnell Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Blueberry Swamp Division of Silvio O. Conte National Fish & Wildlife Refuge: 7.3 mi
- Fish Pond Boat Launch Facility: 3.4 mi
- Connecticut River Boat Access: 5.3 mi
- Beaver Brook Falls State Wayside: 6.3 mi
- Riverside Park: 8.1 mi
- Ethan Allen Park: 9.9 mi
- Beaver Brook Falls: 6.3 mi
- Pond Brook Falls: 11.8 mi
- Huntington Cascades: 12.9 mi
- Baby Flume: 13.1 mi
- Crystal Falls: 19.4 mi
- Canaan Veterans Memorial: 9.9 mi
- The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel: 12.0 mi
- Republic of Indian Stream: 15.9 mi
- Indian Stream Republic: 17.4 mi
- Camp Stark German Prisoner of War Camp: 18.1 mi
- Devils Slide: 18.4 mi
- Bald Hill: 22.1 mi
- Finnsons Cliff: 23.0 mi
- Alice Ledge: 23.5 mi
- Sid Hayward Ledge: 24.0 mi
- Don Eagle Museum: 15.4 mi
- Pittsburg Historical Society Museum: 15.8 mi
- Island Pond, Historical Society Museum: 16.4 mi
- Lancaster Historical Society: 24.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 10.6 mi
- Campers' Beach: 15.2 mi
- Back Lake Beach: 18.8 mi
- Cascade Brook Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Flume Brook Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Island Pond Covered Footbridge: 16.3 mi
- Hand-On-The-Rock: 22.7 mi
- Lancaster Fairgrounds: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Columbia Covered Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunnell Mountain | SE 140° | 1,135 m | 5.6 mi |
| Sugarloaf | SSE 151° | 1,128 m | 8.6 mi |
| Gore Mountain | SE 142° | 1,101 m | 6.9 mi |
| Muise Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,096 m | 9.7 mi |
| Castle Mountain | SSE 151° | 1,087 m | 7.4 mi |
| West Peak | SSE 158° | 1,072 m | 7.4 mi |
| Savage Mountain | S 178° | 1,059 m | 8.4 mi |
| Goback Mountain | S 178° | 1,054 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:20 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:01 | 19:52 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:07 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:20 | 16:08 |
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 | 12 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 51 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 43 | 32 | 20 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colebrook 3SW, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 76000123OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Columbia Covered Bridge, reference 76000123, listed 12/12/76.
OpenStreetMap element way/920878244
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