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Ashuelot Wildlife Sanctuary

Ashuelot Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Ashuelot Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 492 m. Lovewell Mountain stands 751 m to the northeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Washington Town Forest (Barrett Pond Lot), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 13 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Audubon Society of NH
Getting there

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Coordinates43.14004, -72.16372

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Camp Morgan: 3.2 mi
  • Pillsbury State Park: 6.0 mi
  • Acworth Town Common: 8.5 mi
  • Acworth Town Land: 9.2 mi
  • Vilas Pool Park: 9.7 mi
Museums: 32
  • Washington Historical Society: 4.3 mi
  • Alstead Historical Society: 10.0 mi
  • Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 13.5 mi
  • Walpole Historical Society: 13.8 mi
  • Frank Adams Grist Mill: 14.1 mi
Historic sites: 17
Beaches: 17
Artworks: 11
  • Newport's Golden Eagle: 15.4 mi
  • Johnathan Daniels: 15.5 mi
  • Pizza Wings: 15.5 mi
  • Baseball: 15.5 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Gleason Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Pollard Mills Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Brennan Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Mine Ledge: 13.2 mi
  • Table Rock: 13.7 mi
  • Billings Fold: 19.4 mi
  • Black Precipice: 19.7 mi
  • Baker Ledge: 20.7 mi
Gardens: 5
Covered bridges: 5
Springs: 2
  • (seasonal): 6.7 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 20.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 15.4 mi
  • Green Mountain Railroad: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Ashuelot Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lovewell MountainNE 50°751 m6.8 mi
Bean MountainNNE 12°708 m6.2 mi
Lempster MountainN 9°686 m6.5 mi
Pitcher MountainSSE 155°653 m3.5 mi
Silver MountainN 351°652 m3.8 mi
Ames HillNE 38°639 m5.3 mi
Healey HillESE 105°627 m2.3 mi
Hodgeman HillS 174°626 m3.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:01
June solstice05:1019:4920:33
September equinox06:3718:1018:48
December solstice07:1815:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212331435563686659473727
Precip in3.43.13.84.23.84.54.44.04.15.54.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bradford 2, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797343

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