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Squam Lakes Natural Science Center

Squam Lakes Natural Science Center from directly overhead

Squam Lakes Natural Science Center is a museum in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 191 m. Mount Israel stands 800 m to the northeast, 9.7 miles off. Lakes Region Tour runs past it.

About

The story

zoo in New Hampshire, United States

Dates from 1969-07-01.

Wikidata Q7581928, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
191 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.73367, -71.59008

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Squam Lakes Boat Launch Facility: 0.1 mi
  • Holderness Town Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Ashland Town Beach: 1.7 mi
  • L. W. Packard Ballfield: 3.5 mi
  • Hawkins Pond Boat Launch Facility: 3.5 mi
Peaks
Cliffs
Beaches: 28
Waterfalls: 28
  • Livermore Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Beede Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 12.9 mi
Historic sites: 27
Artworks: 20
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 5.2 mi
  • #19 / Enigmatic Dream: 6.9 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 6.9 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 6.9 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 6.9 mi
Museums: 17
Attractions: 15
  • The Old Country Store: 9.8 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Funspot: 10.0 mi
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 10.0 mi
  • Go-Karts: 11.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Campton Day Use Area: 9.7 mi
  • Hippy Hill: 19.8 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
  • Fay Waside Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Peace Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 15.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 16.7 mi
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 25.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Squam Lakes Natural Science Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount IsraelNE 37°800 m9.7 mi
Mount WeetamooN 6°753 m8.2 mi
Campton MountainN 2°745 m8.2 mi
Campton MountainN 1°724 m7.8 mi
Dinsmore MountainNNE 32°702 m8.8 mi
Tenney MountainW 272°680 m10.0 mi
Mount MorganNNE 14°677 m5.0 mi
Mount PercivalNNE 17°674 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0519:4820:32
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/366494668

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