Camp Stark German Prisoner of War Camp
Camp Stark German Prisoner of War Camp is a historic site in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 300 m. Mount Cabot stands 1,258 m to the south, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp Stark, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Woodland Heritage Trail runs past it.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- In the spring of 1944 a high fence and four guard towers transformed a former Civilian Conservation Corps camp on this site into New Hampshire's sole World War II prisoner of war camp. Approximately 250 German and Austrian soldiers, most captured in North
How to reach it
- On the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 6.8 mi off the Moose Path Trail
- 6.3 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 12.8 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Stark Covered Bridge · 2 mi
- Lookout Ledge · 17 mi
- Dixville Notch Wildlife Viewing Area · 17 mi
- Middle Brother · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dickey Hill: 1.2 mi
- Mill Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Victor Head: 2.1 mi
- Potters Ledge: 2.2 mi
- Percy State Forest: 0.7 mi
- Devil's Slide State Forest: 1.8 mi
- Upper Ammonoosuc River Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi
- Lost Nation Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Ammonoosuc River State Forest: 4.5 mi
- Eames Wayside Area: 8.0 mi
- Milan Hill State Park: 8.7 mi
- Guildhall Square: 9.3 mi
- Milan Town Park: 10.6 mi
- Nansen Ski Jump State Historic Site: 12.2 mi
- Lancaster Fairgrounds: 11.7 mi
- Rudolph: 14.3 mi
- play structure: 14.3 mi
- Rudys Rapid Transit: 14.3 mi
- Hot Shots Fire Brigade: 14.3 mi
- Crystal Falls: 2.8 mi
- Pond Brook Falls: 6.3 mi
- Huntington Cascades: 17.1 mi
- Baby Flume: 17.4 mi
- Gordon Fall: 17.9 mi
- P7: 16.9 mi
- P8: 16.9 mi
- P9: 17.0 mi
- P1: 17.0 mi
- P10: 17.0 mi
- Camp Stark: 0.0 mi
- Dummer Veterans Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Vermont Major cross-state route: 14.6 mi
- Ravine House Site: 17.5 mi
- The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel: 17.8 mi
- Lancaster Historical Society: 12.5 mi
- Moffett House Museum: 14.3 mi
- John Wingate Weeks Historic Museum: 14.6 mi
- Jefferson Historical Museum: 14.7 mi
- Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 19.1 mi
- Mountain fountain: 19.3 mi
- Peabody Spring: 21.2 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 21.5 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 21.7 mi
- Devils Slide: 1.5 mi
- Alice Ledge: 24.2 mi
- Linda Ledge: 24.7 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 14.6 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 17.0 mi
- Columbia Covered Bridge: 18.1 mi
- Hand-On-The-Rock: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Camp Stark German Prisoner of War Camp. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cabot | S 190° | 1,258 m | 7.9 mi |
| The Bulge | S 188° | 1,197 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Weeks | S 178° | 1,185 m | 10.9 mi |
| The Horn | S 185° | 1,168 m | 7.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf | NNW 336° | 1,128 m | 9.5 mi |
| Hutchins Mountain | SW 214° | 1,122 m | 5.9 mi |
| Long Mountain | N 5° | 1,120 m | 4.3 mi |
| Long Mountain West Peak | NNW 348° | 1,116 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:19 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:01 | 19:50 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:20 | 16:09 |
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 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — York Pond, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12385621247
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