Aiken Pasture (Bradford Town Forest)
Aiken Pasture (Bradford Town Forest) is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 397 m. South Peak stands 794 m to the north-northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Pickett Hill - South Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 4.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Bradford Conservation Commission
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 6.9 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 13.4 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 21.1 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 9 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pickett Hill - South Peak: 0.4 mi
- Pickett Hill: 0.8 mi
- Silver Hill: 1.0 mi
- Murdough Hill: 1.2 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Bradford Bog Headwaters: 1.2 mi
- Bradford Springs: 1.4 mi
- The Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation: 1.5 mi
- Bradford Bog: 1.6 mi
- Low State Forest: 1.7 mi
- French's Park: 3.9 mi
- Whitman Park: 4.5 mi
- Warren Brook Park: 4.7 mi
- Pillsbury State Park: 6.5 mi
- Franklin Pierce Homestead State Historic Site: 6.5 mi
- Washington Historical Society: 6.0 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 9.7 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 9.8 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 10.3 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 12.8 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Boudreau Square: 19.9 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 19.9 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial: 20.5 mi
- State Park Beach: 10.2 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 10.6 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 11.5 mi
- Dewey Beach: 13.9 mi
- Elkins Beach: 14.7 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 14.3 mi
- Armillary: 21.2 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 22.3 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 22.4 mi
- Christa McAuliffe: 22.4 mi
- Baker Ledge: 11.8 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 17.6 mi
- The Bulkhead: 19.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliff: 23.1 mi
- Mine Ledge: 23.2 mi
- Everett Dam: 18.1 mi
- Everett Dam: 18.2 mi
- Everett Dam: 18.3 mi
- Everett Dam: 18.3 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 22.7 mi
- Gleason Falls: 4.6 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 13.2 mi
- Brennan Falls: 16.7 mi
- Senter Falls: 22.4 mi
- Bonner Falls: 22.6 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 14.2 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 21.2 mi
- Noahs Ark: 22.8 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 13.5 mi
- Wright Grove: 21.9 mi
- Hippy Hill: 22.7 mi
- (seasonal): 4.0 mi
- River Road Spring: 21.8 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 18.9 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Aiken Pasture (Bradford Town Forest). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Peak | NNW 333° | 794 m | 8.1 mi |
| Lucias Lookout | NW 316° | 756 m | 6.6 mi |
| Lovewell Mountain | W 265° | 751 m | 4.0 mi |
| Little Sunapee Mountain | NW 309° | 734 m | 6.0 mi |
| Goves Mountain | WNW 299° | 721 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bean Mountain | W 280° | 708 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | WNW 293° | 698 m | 7.0 mi |
| Ayers Pond Peak | WNW 302° | 641 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bradford 2, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/47797448
Day trips start here
- New London · 14 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 21 mi
- Claremont · 22 mi
- Concord · 22 mi
- Franklin · 23 mi
- Merrimack Valley · 24 mi
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