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Ammonoosuc River Forest

Ammonoosuc River Forest from directly overhead

Ammonoosuc River Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 405 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the south-southwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Beech Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. Presidential Range Tour runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.27170, -71.59429

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Cliffs
  • Zeacliff: 7.8 mi
  • Profile Cliff: 8.0 mi
  • Square Inch Wall: 8.0 mi
  • Maggot Buttress: 8.0 mi
  • Hermit Haven: 8.0 mi
Parks: 53
  • Twin Mountain Fish Hatchery: 3.4 mi
  • Bethlehem Town Park and Playground: 4.6 mi
  • Gazebo Park: 5.0 mi
  • The Common: 7.1 mi
  • Forest Lake State Park: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 47
  • Lower Ammonoosuc Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Zealand Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Thirteen Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Middle Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Upper Falls: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 40
  • Cog Railway Display: 2.7 mi
  • Chutters: 9.1 mi
  • Boise Rock: 9.2 mi
  • The Basin: 11.3 mi
  • You Tubing: 11.6 mi
Museums: 22
Picnic sites: 20
Historic sites: 13
Rest areas: 6
  • Boise Rock: 9.2 mi
  • The Basin, West: 11.1 mi
  • The Basin, East: 11.3 mi
  • Littleton Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 16.2 mi
Springs: 6
  • Liberty Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 13.8 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 14.8 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Pollyanna Statue: 9.2 mi
  • Tree Harp: 9.2 mi
  • Sunflowers: 9.3 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 14.9 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 23.0 mi
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Ammonoosuc River Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LafayetteSSW 198°1,600 m8.1 mi
Mount LincolnSSW 196°1,551.12 m8.8 mi
North LincolnSSW 197°1,524 m8.4 mi
North LafayetteSSW 199°1,519 m7.7 mi
South Twin MountainSSE 161°1,491 m6.1 mi
North Twin MountainSSE 159°1,452 m5.1 mi
Mount BondSSE 159°1,432 m8.8 mi
Mount GuyotSSE 157°1,396 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0319:5020:35
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:2015:2316:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161727405362666557453422
Precip in2.62.02.63.13.74.24.64.23.64.03.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethlehem 2, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1381014542

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