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Thompson Monument

Thompson Monument from directly overhead

Thompson Monument is a historic site in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Huckleberry Hill stands 152 m to the northwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is 1906 Dedication Rock, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Coastal Byway passes 9.7 miles off.

A monument resembling a tomb

The record

What the record says

Inscription
"Benjamin Thompson. Born Apr. 27, 1806. Died Jan. 31, 1890."
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Permitted
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.13690, -70.93390

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Mills Hall Lawn: 0.3 mi
  • Tot Lot: 0.7 mi
  • Oyster River Park: 0.7 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 0.8 mi
  • Mill Pond Dam: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 60
Beaches: 45
Artworks: 34
Gardens: 28
Attractions: 19
  • Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 2.0 mi
  • Wagon: 3.2 mi
  • Mast Way Trails: 3.8 mi
  • New England Dragway: 9.1 mi
  • Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Second Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Packer's Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Hook Island Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 4.8 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Coffin's Cut: 4.6 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 4.6 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 4.7 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 4.7 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 12.4 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • SERCs A & B Greenspace: 0.3 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 6.9 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 7.0 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 7.0 mi
  • Stratham Town Landing: 9.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 14.2 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 14.5 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 17.6 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 18.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Thompson Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Huckleberry HillNW 320°152 m7.9 mi
Merry HillWNW 287°146 m8.0 mi
Peavy HillW 264°131 m7.9 mi
Beauty HillNW 313°114 m6.1 mi
Green HillNNW 343°112 m6.3 mi
Third HillENE 71°104 m8.2 mi
Berrys HillNNW 333°96 m8.0 mi
Long HillN 3°90 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0519:4420:28
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1315:2616:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465665716962503929
Precip in2.73.03.54.13.64.04.03.84.04.73.94.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6833172698

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