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Armstrong Natural Area

Armstrong Natural Area from directly overhead

Armstrong Natural Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 329 m. Sandwich Mountain stands 1,215 m to the north-northeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is West Rattlesnake, a peak 0.3 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 3.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
University of New Hampshire
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.78445, -71.54413

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Holderness Town Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Sandwich Notch Park: 3.9 mi
  • Squam Lakes Boat Launch Facility: 4.2 mi
  • Sunshine Park: 5.3 mi
  • Everrett Field: 5.3 mi
Cliffs
Waterfalls: 34
  • Beede Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Lower Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Livermore Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 8.8 mi
Beaches: 32
Historic sites: 26
Attractions: 23
  • The Old Country Store: 7.6 mi
  • Lucknow Mansion: 11.7 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Funspot: 12.2 mi
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 12.3 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 7.4 mi
  • #20 / Nova: 9.0 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 9.0 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 9.0 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 9.0 mi
Museums: 18
Picnic sites: 5
  • Campton Day Use Area: 7.3 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
  • Fay Waside Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 22.8 mi
  • Hippy Hill: 24.0 mi
Springs: 5
  • Crystal Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 16.0 mi
  • lower falls: 21.8 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 23.5 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Peace Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 11.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 20.4 mi
  • The Basin, East: 24.2 mi
  • The Basin, West: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Armstrong Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandwich MountainNNE 16°1,215 m8.3 mi
Sandwich DomeNNE 16°1,206 m8.3 mi
Jennings PeakN 11°1,038 m8.9 mi
Noon PeakNNE 13°893 m9.6 mi
Black MountainN 6°830 m7.0 mi
Sachem PeakN 6°807 m8.3 mi
Mount IsraelNE 40°800 m5.6 mi
Welch MountainN 350°794 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:59
June solstice05:0519:4820:32
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1815:2516:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130425362676558463524
Precip in3.22.63.23.33.74.44.53.83.64.63.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47799092

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