Museum · New Hampshire
Americana Museum
Americana Museum is a museum in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 245 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the north-northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Pemigewasset Hook & Ladder, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. White Mountain Trail runs past it.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Clark's Bears
How to reach it
Coordinates44.04884, -71.68583
- On the White Mountain Trail, National
- 0.9 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 1.3 mi off the River Heritage Tour
- 15.8 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Profiler Plaza · 8 mi
- Pemigewasset Overlook · 10 mi
- CL Graham Wangan Overlook · 10 mi
- Beaver Brook Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Fay State Forest: 0.5 mi
- Fay State Forest: 0.9 mi
- Second Presidential State Forest: 1.0 mi
- Rachel Adams Memorial Forest: 1.0 mi
- Merriam Woods: 4.0 mi
Peaks
- Parker Ledge: 2.1 mi
- Little Coolidge Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Russell Mountain: 2.7 mi
- South Peak: 2.8 mi
- Big Coolidge Mountain: 3.0 mi
Cliffs
- Indian Head: 3.4 mi
- Russell Crag: 3.5 mi
- The Imaginarium: 4.0 mi
- Welcome Wall: 4.1 mi
- Nook: 4.1 mi
Parks: 58
- Kanc Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
- Cascade Park: 1.2 mi
- Soldiers Park: 1.3 mi
- White Mountain Motorsports Park: 2.9 mi
- Staple Rock Park: 5.1 mi
Waterfalls: 44
- Georgiana Falls: 1.8 mi
- Harvard Falls: 2.1 mi
- Gordon Falls: 3.0 mi
- Avalanche Falls: 3.7 mi
- Paradise Falls: 4.8 mi
Attractions: 20
- Alpine Adventures Outdoor Recreation: 0.9 mi
- Ice Castles: 1.1 mi
- Flume Gorge & Visitor Center: 3.4 mi
- Table Rock Flume Brook: 3.6 mi
- Flume Gorge: 3.6 mi
Historic sites: 20
- Governor Gallen Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Nancy Pfannenstiehl: 11.3 mi
- Bath New Hampshire: 15.9 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 16.2 mi
- Chase cellar hole: 16.4 mi
Museums: 15
- Pemigewasset Hook & Ladder: 0.0 mi
- Clark History Museum: 0.0 mi
- Avery's Garage: 0.0 mi
- Old Man of the Mountain Museum: 8.2 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
- Campton Day Use Area: 12.6 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
- Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
- The Basin, East: 4.9 mi
- The Basin, West: 5.2 mi
- Boise Rock: 7.2 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 6
- Echo Lake Beach: 8.9 mi
- Sandwich Town Beach: 21.3 mi
- Edna-Maude Beach: 22.5 mi
- Birch Beach: 22.5 mi
- South Beach: 22.6 mi
Springs: 5
- Liberty Spring: 5.1 mi
- Elliott Spring: 18.5 mi
- Lac Littleton: 20.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 21.1 mi
- lower falls: 22.0 mi
Artworks: 4
- Tree Harp: 18.3 mi
- Sunflowers: 18.3 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 18.4 mi
- Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 20.1 mi
Gardens: 2
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 11.6 mi
- Peace Garden: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Livermore: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Americana Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lafayette | NNE 15° | 1,600 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | NNE 16° | 1,551.12 m | 7.2 mi |
| North Lincoln | NNE 16° | 1,524 m | 7.6 mi |
| North Lafayette | NNE 14° | 1,519 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Moosilauke | WSW 256° | 1,468 m | 7.4 mi |
| Little Haystack Mountain | NNE 17° | 1,440 m | 6.6 mi |
| South Peak | WSW 251° | 1,381 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Blue | W 260° | 1,380 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:50 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:24 | 16:12 |
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 | 18 | 20 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Nepp, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/11959288722
Day trips start here
- Wentworth · 17 mi
- Ashland · 25 mi
- Fairlee · 25 mi
- Center Harbor · 26 mi
- Meredith · 29 mi
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