Allen State Forest
Allen State Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Sawyer Hill stands 555 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mast Yard State Forest, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 3.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 6.8 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
- 7.4 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 14.6 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mast Yard State Forest: 0.7 mi
- Horne Town Forest: 1.3 mi
- Broad Cove City Forest: 1.5 mi
- Bohanan Farm East: 1.6 mi
- Pillsbury Lake Hunting Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Horse Hill: 1.0 mi
- Chase Hill: 1.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 1.9 mi
- Dagody Hill: 2.3 mi
- Ox Pond Hill: 2.8 mi
- Dogwood Island: 1.2 mi
- Penacook Riverside Park: 3.3 mi
- Park Avenue Field: 3.5 mi
- Riverway Park: 3.5 mi
- George Park: 3.5 mi
- Boudreau Square: 3.4 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial Historic Site: 4.1 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial Historic site: 4.2 mi
- End of the First N.H. Turnpike: 6.3 mi
- Little Nature Museum: 2.8 mi
- McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center: 6.7 mi
- Mary Baker Eddy House: 6.7 mi
- New Hampshire Historical Society: 6.8 mi
- Museum of the New Hampshire Historical Society: 7.0 mi
- Riverland Beach: 4.3 mi
- White Sands Beach: 11.1 mi
- Lagace Beach: 14.1 mi
- Griffin Beach: 14.7 mi
- Catamount Pond Beach: 15.1 mi
- Uranus: 6.7 mi
- Neptune: 6.7 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 6.9 mi
- Pluto: 6.9 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 6.9 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 6.6 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 11.0 mi
- Everett Dam: 11.1 mi
- Everett Dam: 11.1 mi
- Everett Dam: 11.2 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 10.9 mi
- Baker Ledge: 14.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliff: 14.7 mi
- The Bulkhead: 16.7 mi
- Carbonneau Cave: 24.1 mi
- Gleason Falls: 16.8 mi
- Steeles Falls: 17.7 mi
- Brennan Falls: 20.3 mi
- Profile Falls: 22.0 mi
- Senter Falls: 22.5 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 13.6 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 13.6 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 11.2 mi
- Botanical Garden: 11.3 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 19.8 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 22.7 mi
- Huckins Spring: 17.5 mi
- River Road Spring: 18.7 mi
- (seasonal): 20.6 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 24.5 mi
- Hippy Hill: 21.3 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 21.3 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Allen State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyer Hill | NW 308° | 555 m | 10.8 mi |
| Stewarts Peak | W 269° | 552 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mink Hills | W 271° | 496 m | 9.9 mi |
| Craney Hill | SW 224° | 420 m | 10.1 mi |
| Liberty Hill | WSW 251° | 362 m | 10.8 mi |
| Clark Hill | W 265° | 341 m | 7.5 mi |
| Searles Hill | NNW 347° | 319 m | 10.2 mi |
| Waldron Hill | W 273° | 318 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:47 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:28 | 16:15 |
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 | 22 | 23 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hopkinton Lake, 6 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee20 obs
- Monarch8 obs
- Downy Woodpecker8 obs
- American Copper8 obs
- Song Sparrow7 obs
- Western Honey Bee7 obs
- Hickory Tussock Moth7 obs
- American Nursery Web Spider7 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/47798407
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