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New England Ski Museum

New England Ski Museum from directly overhead

New England Ski Museum is a museum in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 602 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the east-southeast, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Franconia Notch State Park, a park 0.3 miles away. White Mountain Trail runs past it.

About

The story

The New England Ski Museum is a non-profit operation in Franconia, New Hampshire.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q14705366, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
donation
Seasonal
Yes

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates44.17057, -71.68924

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
  • Hone Wall: 0.4 mi
  • Hermit Haven: 0.4 mi
  • Maggot Buttress: 0.5 mi
  • Profile Cliff: 0.5 mi
  • Square Inch Wall: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 50
Parks: 49
  • Franconia Notch State Park: 0.3 mi
  • Fox Hill Park: 4.4 mi
  • The Frost Place: 4.5 mi
  • Dow Park: 4.7 mi
  • Coffin Pond Conservation Area: 6.1 mi
Attractions: 40
  • Boise Rock: 1.3 mi
  • The Basin: 3.4 mi
  • Liberty Gorge: 4.6 mi
  • Table Rock Flume Brook: 5.0 mi
  • Flume Gorge: 5.0 mi
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 13
  • Governor Gallen Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 7.9 mi
  • Chase cellar hole: 13.1 mi
  • Bath New Hampshire: 13.7 mi
  • Willey House: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Springs: 7
  • Liberty Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 13.2 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
Artworks: 3
  • Tree Harp: 10.2 mi
  • Sunflowers: 10.3 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 10.3 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LafayetteESE 107°1,600 m2.3 mi
Mount LincolnSE 124°1,551.12 m2.7 mi
North LincolnESE 116°1,524 m2.5 mi
North LafayetteE 97°1,519 m2.2 mi
South Twin MountainE 80°1,491 m6.8 mi
North Twin MountainENE 71°1,452 m6.9 mi
Little Haystack MountainSE 134°1,440 m3.0 mi
Mount BondE 99°1,432 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0419:5020:35
September equinox06:3518:0818:46
December solstice07:2015:2416:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029425463686659473626
Precip in3.43.03.45.24.24.86.03.93.85.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Nepp, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/253848022

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