Stone Iron Furnace Museum

Stone Iron Furnace Museum is a museum in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 293 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the southeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Dow Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 6.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 293 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 3.7 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 3.8 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 13.2 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Profiler Plaza · 6 mi
- Willey Brook Bridge Overlook · 17 mi
- Idlewilde View · 17 mi
- Elephant Head · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Coffin Pond Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Herbert G. Whipple Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Lawrence Family Forest: 1.6 mi
- Franconia Town Forest: 1.9 mi
- Grote Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.7 mi
- Scrag Hill: 1.6 mi
- Garnet Hill: 1.9 mi
- Garnet Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Sugar Hill: 2.5 mi
- Ore Hill: 2.8 mi
- Artists Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Square Inch Wall: 4.9 mi
- Maggot Buttress: 4.9 mi
- Hermit Haven: 4.9 mi
- Profile Cliff: 4.9 mi
- Dow Park: 0.6 mi
- Coffin Pond Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Fox Hill Park: 0.9 mi
- The Frost Place: 1.2 mi
- Gazebo Park: 4.6 mi
- Bridesmaid Falls: 4.4 mi
- Bridalveil Falls: 5.1 mi
- Kinsman Flume: 5.6 mi
- Stairs Falls: 7.6 mi
- Swiftwater Falls: 7.6 mi
- Chutters: 5.3 mi
- Boise Rock: 6.5 mi
- The Basin: 8.3 mi
- Liberty Gorge: 9.5 mi
- Table Rock Flume Brook: 9.9 mi
- Franconia Heritage Museum: 0.7 mi
- Robert Frost Museum: 1.2 mi
- Sugar Hill Sampler: 1.9 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 5.2 mi
- Littleton Historical Museum: 5.3 mi
- Governor Gallen Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Chase cellar hole: 10.2 mi
- Bath New Hampshire: 11.5 mi
- Mine Shaft: 13.1 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 7.0 mi
- Moore Dam Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Boise Rock: 6.5 mi
- The Basin, West: 8.2 mi
- The Basin, East: 8.4 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 8.9 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 11.5 mi
- Lac Littleton: 7.9 mi
- Liberty Spring: 9.5 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 22.6 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 22.6 mi
- Peabody Spring: 23.2 mi
- Tree Harp: 5.3 mi
- Sunflowers: 5.4 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 5.4 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 16.7 mi
- School House Covered Bridge: 23.4 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 19.9 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 23.3 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 4.7 mi
- Livermore: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Stone Iron Furnace Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lafayette | SE 131° | 1,600 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | SE 136° | 1,551.12 m | 7.8 mi |
| North Lincoln | SE 133° | 1,524 m | 7.6 mi |
| North Lafayette | SE 129° | 1,519 m | 7.0 mi |
| Little Haystack Mountain | SE 139° | 1,440 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Garfield | ESE 113° | 1,345 m | 7.7 mi |
| South Kinsman Mountain | S 173° | 1,320 m | 7.5 mi |
| North Kinsman Mountain | S 172° | 1,308.5 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:51 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:24 | 16:12 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 17 | 27 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethlehem 2, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/366495278
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