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Troy Station

Troy Station from directly overhead

Troy Station is a museum in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 305 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the east-northeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cheshire Railroad Depot Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Connecticut River Byway passes 15 miles off.

About

The story

town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States

Dates from 1815.

Wikidata Q2418254, matched on coordinates and name (79 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Troy Historical Society
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.82457, -72.18438

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Cheshire Railroad Depot Monument: 0.0 mi
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 0.2 mi
Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 30
Cliffs: 21
  • Troy Cliffs: 2.7 mi
  • Black Precipice: 4.4 mi
  • Billings Fold: 4.6 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Falls Brook Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 12.2 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Sandy Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 6.6 mi
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 6.7 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 15
Artworks: 12
  • Armillary: 8.4 mi
  • Reaching: 8.5 mi
  • Aurora: 8.5 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 8.7 mi
  • Pizza Wings: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Noahs Ark: 7.4 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 16.2 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 19.9 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 5.0 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 18.9 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Troy Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockENE 57°965 m4.6 mi
Bald RockENE 63°790 m4.4 mi
Monte RosaENE 59°749 m4.2 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakE 99°579 m2.4 mi
Little Monadnock MountainSSW 204°571 m2.7 mi
Gap Mountain - North PeakE 95°561 m2.3 mi
Beech HillNE 42°529 m8.5 mi
Spaulding HillNNE 22°484 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1119:4820:31
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1715:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455766716962493829
Precip in3.33.44.03.83.74.34.34.04.35.13.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Silver RCH Airpark, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/515401491

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