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Whipple House

Whipple House from directly overhead

Whipple House is a museum in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 172 m. Tenney Mountain stands 680 m to the west-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is L. W. Packard Ballfield, a park 0.3 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 2.5 miles off.

About

The story

historic house in Ashland, New Hampshire

Wikidata Q16903280, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built
1837
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.69441, -71.63224

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • L. W. Packard Ballfield: 0.3 mi
  • Sawhegenet Falls Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
  • Ashland Town Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Squam Lakes Boat Launch Facility: 3.4 mi
  • Hawkins Pond Boat Launch Facility: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Cliffs
Beaches: 30
  • South Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Edna-Maude Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Birch Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Waukewan Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Avery-Crouse Beach: 7.4 mi
Historic sites: 27
Waterfalls: 23
  • Livermore Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Profile Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Sculptured Rocks: 11.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Beede Falls: 11.5 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 5.2 mi
  • #19 / Enigmatic Dream: 7.0 mi
  • #24 / Snowy Owl: 7.1 mi
  • #28 / South of the Border in Koyoto: 7.1 mi
  • #14 / White: 7.1 mi
Museums: 18
Attractions: 16
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 9.5 mi
  • Funspot: 9.5 mi
  • Go-Karts: 11.0 mi
  • Bumper Boats: 11.1 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Peace Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Botanical Garden: 24.2 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 14.1 mi
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Whipple House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tenney MountainWNW 291°680 m8.5 mi
Mount MorganNNE 24°677 m8.3 mi
Mount PercivalNNE 25°674 m8.8 mi
Plymouth MountainWNW 282°664 m4.7 mi
Mount SquamNNE 28°661 m9.5 mi
Mount WebsterNNE 24°625 m7.2 mi
Hersey MountainS 188°608 m8.9 mi
Bald KnobWNW 286°605 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0619:4920:33
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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/733117132

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