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Noahs Ark

Noahs Ark from directly overhead

Noahs Ark is a garden in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 429 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the southwest, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Ranger Beach, a beach 1.3 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.88379, -72.06250

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Armillary: 1.5 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 5.7 mi
  • Aurora: 11.3 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 11.4 mi
  • Reaching: 11.4 mi
Parks
  • Shattuck Park: 1.6 mi
  • Dublin Park: 3.5 mi
  • Centennial Park: 4.0 mi
  • Teixeira Park: 4.3 mi
  • Marlborough Town Beach: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 7.3 mi
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 7.3 mi
Museums: 32
  • Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Mariposa Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Troy Historical Society: 7.4 mi
  • Troy Station: 7.4 mi
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 9.7 mi
Beaches: 17
  • Ranger Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Sunset Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Falls Brook Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Brennan Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 16.5 mi
Attractions: 12
Cliffs: 8
  • Billings Fold: 2.8 mi
  • Black Precipice: 3.0 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 9.9 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 14.8 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 16.5 mi
Gardens: 6
  • John Pierce Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 20.3 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 20.6 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 21.6 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 24.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Falcon Spring: 2.6 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 18.4 mi
  • River Road Spring: 20.7 mi
  • (seasonal): 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Noahs Ark. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockSW 236°965 m2.8 mi
Bald RockSW 227°790 m3.1 mi
Monte RosaSW 234°749 m3.2 mi
Pack Monadnock MountainE 99°692 m9.4 mi
Osgood HillNNW 347°681 m8.1 mi
Skatutakee MountainNNE 13°609 m6.0 mi
Thumb MountainN 6°603 m6.1 mi
Temple MountainESE 108°596 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:01
June solstice05:1019:4820:31
September equinox06:3618:1018:48
December solstice07:1715:3116:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455766716962493829
Precip in3.33.44.03.83.74.34.34.04.35.13.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Silver RCH Airpark, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Wood Frog38 obs
  • Eastern Newt21 obs
  • alder buckthorn15 obs
  • Spring Peeper14 obs
  • striped maple9 obs
  • painted trillium9 obs
  • sheep laurel9 obs
  • bluebead lily8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7886830678

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