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Little Red Schoolhouse Museum

Little Red Schoolhouse Museum from directly overhead

Little Red Schoolhouse Museum is a museum in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 282 m. Summit stands 828 m to the east-southeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Pollard Mills Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off.

The story

Schoolhouse museum in Newport, New Hampshire

Dates from 1835.

Wikidata Q18153710, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
282 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.33505, -72.16769

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Ransom Tracey Park: 1.8 mi
  • Newport Common: 2.2 mi
  • Newport Recreation Complex: 3.1 mi
  • Robert C. Haserlat Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
  • Sugar River Recreation Trail: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 24
  • Newport Historical Society Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Sunapee Historical Society: 5.4 mi
  • Flanders-Osborne Museum: 5.5 mi
  • John Hay Estate at The Fells: 6.5 mi
  • Washington Historical Society: 11.7 mi
Historic sites: 22
Beaches: 20
Covered bridges: 9
Waterfalls: 7
  • Pollard Mills Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Gerry's Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Gleason Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Litte Dog Falls: 17.8 mi
Attractions: 6
Cliffs: 5
  • Baker Ledge: 14.0 mi
  • Table Rock: 19.4 mi
  • The Bulkhead: 19.5 mi
  • Bouldering: 24.4 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 24.7 mi
Gardens: 4
Artworks: 3
  • Newport's Golden Eagle: 2.0 mi
  • Smith's clothespin: 16.0 mi
  • The Wrecker: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • (seasonal): 10.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Little Red Schoolhouse Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SummitESE 107°828 m4.9 mi
Sunapee MountainESE 109°824 m5.4 mi
South PeakESE 106°794 m5.9 mi
Lucias LookoutSE 130°756 m6.2 mi
Little Sunapee MountainSE 137°734 m6.9 mi
Goves MountainSSE 150°721 m6.1 mi
Bean MountainSSE 169°708 m7.6 mi
Bryant MountainSSE 155°698 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:01
June solstice05:0919:5020:33
September equinox06:3718:1018:48
December solstice07:1915:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192130425463686659473626
Precip in2.72.43.03.33.34.24.23.83.54.93.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/366495289

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