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Allenstown Town Forest

Allenstown Town Forest from directly overhead

Allenstown Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 124 m. Fort Mountain stands 424 m to the northeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Catamount Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Amoskeag Millyard Scenic and Cultural Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Allenstown
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.14077, -71.39651
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Catamount Pond Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
  • New Hampshire Soccer Complex: 1.7 mi
  • Robert Frost Park: 2.4 mi
  • Bridge Park: 2.6 mi
  • Pembroke Park: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 35
Attractions: 33
  • Block Party Social: 7.2 mi
  • Deerfield Fairgrounds: 8.2 mi
  • Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 9.0 mi
  • Candia Springs Adventure Park: 9.1 mi
  • The Amoskeag Fishways: 10.3 mi
Artworks: 26
Beaches: 18
  • Catamount Pond Beach: 1.7 mi
  • White Sands Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Northwood Lake Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Massabesic Lake Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Mary Waldron Beach: 12.2 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Steeles Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Hook Island Falls: 20.8 mi
Gardens: 11
  • Vegetable Garden: 15.8 mi
  • Botanical Garden: 15.9 mi
  • Pinkerton Memorial Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Bedrock Gardens: 18.2 mi
  • Edmond G. Thibodeau Memorial Garden: 18.8 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Devil's Den Cliff: 10.6 mi
  • Ridgeline Climbing: 10.7 mi
  • Boulder Natural: 10.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Cliff: 11.0 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 4
  • River Road Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Allenstown Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort MountainNE 52°424 m4.9 mi
Nottingham MountainENE 61°411 m5.4 mi
Catamount MountainNNE 29°403 m10.6 mi
McCoy MountainNE 40°384 m5.2 mi
Neville PeakENE 57°363 m5.7 mi
Nats MountainENE 57°356 m4.3 mi
Saddleback MountainENE 75°347 m10.2 mi
Parsonage PeakENE 73°322 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0719:4620:29
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:1515:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533455766717061493928
Precip in2.82.83.33.43.53.83.63.63.64.43.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Concord Asos, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47798220

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