Life Sciences Greenhouse
Life Sciences Greenhouse is a garden in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 153 m. North Peak stands 702 m to the east-northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Feral Seed, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Connecticut River Byway runs past it.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- On the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 5.3 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 20.7 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Viewing Spot · 1 mi
- Balch Hill · 1 mi
- Norman Overlook · 1 mi
- Indian Ridge · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- College Park: 0.2 mi
- Baker Lawn: 0.4 mi
- Dartmouth Green: 0.5 mi
- Maffei Arts Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Pine Park: 0.6 mi
- Ivy Pointe Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Norwich Nature Area: 1.1 mi
- Angelo Tanzi Natural Area: 1.2 mi
- Mink Brook Nature Reserve: 1.3 mi
- South Esker Natural Area: 1.3 mi
- Velvet Rocks: 1.1 mi
- Balch Hill: 1.2 mi
- Flanders Hill: 1.7 mi
- Oak Hill: 2.0 mi
- Indian Ridge: 2.4 mi
- Bouldering: 2.8 mi
- Holt's Ledge: 10.3 mi
- Winslow Ledge: 11.2 mi
- The Palisades: 15.7 mi
- Lasso Ledge: 18.4 mi
- BASIC: The First User-Friendly Computer Programming Language: 1.6 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 4.3 mi
- Vermont Gateway to Green Mountain State: 4.5 mi
- Cummings Dam: 4.8 mi
- Mascoma River Dam Number 2: 5.1 mi
- Hood Museum of Art: 0.5 mi
- Montshire Museum of Science: 1.2 mi
- Hartford Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- Main Street Museum: 4.4 mi
- Vermont Toy Museum: 7.5 mi
- Mink Brook Swimming Area: 1.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 8.1 mi
- Shakoma Beach: 8.3 mi
- Goose Pond Park Beach: 9.4 mi
- Goose Pond Dam Beach: 9.9 mi
- Feral Seed: 0.0 mi
- Robert Frost: 0.2 mi
- Peaceful Serenity: 0.3 mi
- Foucault Pendulum: 0.3 mi
- D₂D: 0.3 mi
- Tipping Rock: 4.0 mi
- Lyman Point: 4.4 mi
- Train: Boston & Maine Engine 494: 4.5 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 8.6 mi
- Lyme-East Thetford Bridge: 8.7 mi
- The Chutes: 7.5 mi
- The Chutes: 7.5 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 10.9 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 10.9 mi
- Sumner Falls: 11.2 mi
- Union Village Covered Bridge: 5.7 mi
- Sayre Bridge: 8.6 mi
- Willard Twin Covered Bridge: 8.6 mi
- Edgell Covered Bridge: 12.5 mi
- South Pomfret Covered Bridge: 13.1 mi
- Area 1: 6.8 mi
- Area 2: 7.3 mi
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Hippy Hill: 24.6 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 6.9 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center - Sharon: 7.2 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 19.0 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- South Royalton Community Garden: 13.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Life Sciences Greenhouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Peak | ENE 76° | 702 m | 7.4 mi |
| South Peak | E 83° | 693 m | 6.9 mi |
| Gile Mountain | NNW 328° | 565 m | 6.5 mi |
| Griggs Mountain | WNW 287° | 518 m | 4.7 mi |
| Shaker Mountain | SE 138° | 515 m | 8.2 mi |
| Morrill Mountain | NNW 335° | 504 m | 8.3 mi |
| Moose Mountain | ENE 73° | 503 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Tug | ESE 122° | 489 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:51 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:28 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 34 | 47 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hanover, under a mile away.
- Canada mayflower240 obs
- eastern white pine204 obs
- alder buckthorn204 obs
- eastern hemlock196 obs
- sensitive fern187 obs
- Christmas fern161 obs
- ground-ivy143 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee117 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/11020566995
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