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Loon Center

Loon Center from directly overhead

Loon Center is a museum in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Mount Shaw stands 911 m to the east, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Marcus Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 0.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Loon Preservation Committee of the NH Audubon Society

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.73754, -71.39077

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • State's Landing: 1.2 mi
  • James D. Sutherland Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Kraine Meadow Park: 2.1 mi
  • Castle in the Clouds: 3.4 mi
  • Center Harbor Town Beach & Playground: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Cliffs
Beaches: 42
Historic sites: 29
Waterfalls: 21
  • Roaring Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Twin Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Whittier Falls: 3.6 mi
  • The Cascades: 3.7 mi
  • Emerald Pool Falls: 3.7 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Frog Rock: 2.7 mi
  • #20 / Nova: 7.6 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 7.6 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 7.6 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 7.7 mi
Attractions: 15
  • The Old Country Store: 1.3 mi
  • Lucknow Mansion: 3.5 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Funspot: 9.6 mi
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 9.7 mi
Museums: 15
Springs: 5
  • Elliott Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 20.0 mi
  • lower falls: 20.5 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 21.0 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Peace Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 15.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Campton Day Use Area: 14.9 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Loon Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ShawE 86°911 m5.8 mi
Black SnoutE 91°854 m5.9 mi
Faraway MountainENE 67°848 m4.3 mi
Black Snout MountainNE 45°812 m4.4 mi
Mount IsraelNNW 332°800 m8.5 mi
Mount RobertsENE 68°782 m3.5 mi
Bald MountainNE 55°742 m7.6 mi
Mount FlaggE 87°728 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0519:4820:32
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:1715:2516:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212432445665716962493827
Precip in3.32.83.53.93.84.54.44.04.14.94.04.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meredith 3 NNE, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1223985854

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