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Allen Family Forest

Allen Family Forest from directly overhead

Allen Family Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the southeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Monadnock Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.91221, -72.21240

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Keene Forestry Park: 2.5 mi
  • Butterfly Park: 2.9 mi
  • Marlborough Town Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Robin Hood Park: 3.1 mi
  • Church Street Pocket Park: 3.3 mi
Historic sites: 47
  • Gravity Foundation Monument: 3.6 mi
  • Keene Soldier's Monument: 3.7 mi
  • Oya Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 6.1 mi
Museums: 28
Cliffs: 18
  • Billings Fold: 6.3 mi
  • Black Precipice: 6.4 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 6.5 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 9.1 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 15.0 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Sunset Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 11.8 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 12.8 mi
Artworks: 12
  • Aurora: 3.5 mi
  • Reaching: 3.5 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 3.5 mi
  • Pizza Wings: 3.6 mi
  • Trinity Bicycle Shop: 3.7 mi
Waterfalls: 12
Attractions: 11
Gardens: 4
  • John Pierce Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 7.8 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 19.2 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 22.4 mi
Covered bridges: 4
Springs: 3
  • Falcon Spring: 7.2 mi
  • (seasonal): 21.4 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Allen Family Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockSE 124°965 m6.3 mi
Bald RockSE 127°790 m6.7 mi
Monte RosaSE 128°749 m6.3 mi
Osgood HillNE 44°681 m8.3 mi
Fletcher HillNE 37°595 m8.7 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakSSE 150°579 m7.5 mi
Tolman HillNNE 33°572 m8.3 mi
Little Monadnock MountainS 178°571 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1119:4920:32
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 °F202331435564696860483727
Precip in3.12.83.43.43.84.44.54.34.34.93.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keene, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1408790005

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