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Museum of the White Mountains

Museum of the White Mountains from directly overhead

Museum of the White Mountains is a museum in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Stinson Mountain stands 878 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is The Frost House, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Lakes Region Tour runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.75825, -71.69177

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Plymouth Town Common: 0.2 mi
  • Riverside Park: 0.3 mi
  • Skate Park of Plymouth: 0.5 mi
  • Fox Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Cliffs
  • The Cafe: 7.6 mi
  • Parking Lot Wall: 7.6 mi
  • Meadows Right: 7.6 mi
  • Meadows Center: 7.6 mi
  • Meadows Left: 7.6 mi
Historic sites: 30
  • The Frost House: 0.1 mi
  • Bobcat Boulder: 0.2 mi
  • Capt. Harl Pease Jr.: 0.2 mi
  • The Common: 0.2 mi
  • Draper & Maynard Co.: 0.3 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Livermore Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Sculptured Rocks: 8.9 mi
  • Beede Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Welton Falls: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 26
  • South Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Edna-Maude Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Birch Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Avery-Crouse Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Sandwich Town Beach: 11.1 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 0.2 mi
  • #19 / Enigmatic Dream: 11.8 mi
  • #24 / Snowy Owl: 11.8 mi
  • Lake Life Walk: 11.8 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 19
Museums: 15
Picnic sites: 5
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Peace Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 15.3 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 16.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Museum of the White Mountains. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stinson MountainNW 321°878 m6.8 mi
Mount WeetamooNE 43°753 m8.7 mi
Campton MountainNE 40°745 m8.5 mi
Campton MountainNE 40°724 m8.0 mi
Willoughby MountainNW 308°712 m9.3 mi
Tenney MountainWSW 254°680 m5.1 mi
Mount MorganENE 63°677 m7.0 mi
Mount CrosbyWSW 257°676 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0619:4920:33
September equinox06:3518:0818:46
December solstice07:1815:2616:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130425362676558463524
Precip in3.22.63.23.33.74.44.53.83.64.63.64.0

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4508753320

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