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Ames Brook Conservation Area

Ames Brook Conservation Area from directly overhead

Ames Brook Conservation Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 172 m. Fort Mountain stands 424 m to the east, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Chichester Town Forest, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Pembroke
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.19244, -71.42432
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Webster Park: 2.1 mi
  • Short Falls Swimming Area: 2.2 mi
  • Catamount Pond Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
  • New Hampshire Soccer Complex: 3.6 mi
  • Pembroke Park: 3.8 mi
Historic sites: 51
Museums: 32
Beaches: 21
  • Catamount Pond Beach: 2.8 mi
  • White Sands Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Northwood Lake Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Riverland Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Mary Waldron Beach: 11.8 mi
Artworks: 16
Attractions: 16
  • Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 5.9 mi
  • Block Party Social: 10.5 mi
  • Deerfield Fairgrounds: 11.1 mi
  • Canterbury Shaker Village: 11.9 mi
  • Candia Springs Adventure Park: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Steeles Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Hook Island Falls: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Rattlesnake Cliff: 12.4 mi
  • Devil's Den Cliff: 12.9 mi
  • Ridgeline Climbing: 13.0 mi
  • Boulder Natural: 13.1 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 13.4 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Vegetable Garden: 12.0 mi
  • Botanical Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Bedrock Gardens: 20.4 mi
  • Pinkerton Memorial Garden: 21.3 mi
  • Edmond G. Thibodeau Memorial Garden: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 6.2 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 6.3 mi
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 3
  • Huckins Spring: 16.7 mi
  • River Road Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 21.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Ames Brook Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort MountainE 96°424 m5.3 mi
Nottingham MountainE 99°411 m6.2 mi
Catamount MountainNE 49°403 m8.7 mi
McCoy MountainE 85°384 m4.7 mi
Neville PeakE 94°363 m6.2 mi
Nats MountainESE 104°356 m5.1 mi
Saddleback MountainE 95°347 m11.3 mi
Parsonage PeakE 93°322 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0719:4620:30
September equinox06:3418:0718:45
December solstice07:1515:2716:14

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/762893570

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