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New Hampshire Telephone Museum

New Hampshire Telephone Museum from directly overhead

New Hampshire Telephone Museum is a museum in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 132 m. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverside Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 4.3 miles off.

The story

The New Hampshire Telephone Museum is a nonprofit, telecommunications history museum in Warner, New Hampshire, in the United States. There are over 1,000 telephone-related artifacts in the museum. The museum features switchboards, a large display of rotary phones, candlestick telephones, wooden wall-mount phones, phone booths, princess phones, flip phones and smart devices. Public programs include guided tours, lectures, interactive displays suitable for all ages.

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Dates from 2005.

Wikidata Q85788497, matched on coordinates and name (15 m apart).

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Seasonal
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.27985, -71.81500

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Riverside Park: 0.1 mi
  • School Street Park: 0.2 mi
  • Park Avenue Field: 5.5 mi
  • French's Park: 5.9 mi
  • Houston Park: 6.0 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 26
Historic sites: 26
Museums: 18
  • Upton Chandler House Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Little Nature Museum: 7.5 mi
  • Potter Place Depot: 11.0 mi
  • John Hay Estate at The Fells: 12.4 mi
  • Canterbury Historical Society: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 14
Attractions: 7
  • Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 14.7 mi
  • Everett Dam: 15.1 mi
  • Everett Dam: 15.1 mi
  • Everett Dam: 15.2 mi
  • Everett Dam: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Gleason Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Pollard Mills Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Brennan Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Profile Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Senter Falls: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Garden at Tracy Library: 12.6 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 15.8 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 17.3 mi
  • Botanical Garden: 17.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • (seasonal): 13.5 mi
  • River Road Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount KearsargeNNW 344°891 m7.5 mi
Black MountainNNW 338°774 m6.8 mi
Little MountainNNW 347°710 m6.8 mi
Knights HillSW 236°573 m7.9 mi
Sawyer HillN 354°555 m5.0 mi
Stewarts PeakSW 233°552 m3.3 mi
Gage HillNNW 328°539 m6.0 mi
Rowes HillSW 234°525 m7.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2219:00
June solstice05:0819:4820:32
September equinox06:3518:0918:47
December solstice07:1715:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222532435463686759473828
Precip in3.33.23.54.04.14.54.14.43.95.14.14.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salisbury, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/465070144

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