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Baker Forest

Baker Forest from directly overhead

Baker Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Carr Mountain stands 1,058 m to the north-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Quincy Bog Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. River Heritage Tour passes 0.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pemi-Baker Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.79008, -71.77631

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Polar Caves Park: 0.7 mi
  • Rumney Town Common: 2.1 mi
  • Crosby Mountain State Park: 4.3 mi
  • Langdon Park: 4.4 mi
  • Jim Darling Natural Area: 4.7 mi
Peaks
Cliffs
  • The Cafe: 2.8 mi
  • Parking Lot Wall: 2.9 mi
  • Meadows Right: 2.9 mi
  • Meadows Center: 2.9 mi
  • Meadows Left: 2.9 mi
Waterfalls: 39
  • Livermore Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Sculptured Rocks: 6.9 mi
  • Waternomee Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Welton Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Elizabeth Falls: 11.6 mi
Historic sites: 31
  • Former Remick Place: 4.5 mi
  • The Frost House: 4.8 mi
  • Bobcat Boulder: 4.8 mi
  • Draper & Maynard Co.: 4.9 mi
  • Capt. Harl Pease Jr.: 4.9 mi
Beaches: 31
  • Avery-Crouse Beach: 12.0 mi
  • South Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Edna-Maude Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Birch Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Sandwich Town Beach: 15.2 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 4.9 mi
  • #19 / Enigmatic Dream: 16.5 mi
  • #24 / Snowy Owl: 16.6 mi
  • Lake Life Walk: 16.6 mi
  • #28 / South of the Border in Koyoto: 16.6 mi
Attractions: 21
Museums: 17
Picnic sites: 7
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 23.5 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Peace Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 17.4 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 19.7 mi
Covered bridges: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 22.4 mi
  • The Basin, East: 23.3 mi
  • The Basin, West: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Baker Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carr MountainNNW 333°1,058 m7.4 mi
Mount KineoN 353°1,011 m9.7 mi
Mount Kineo, East PeakN 6°909 m8.9 mi
Stinson MountainN 357°878 m3.1 mi
Whitcher HillNNW 346°780 m9.6 mi
Mowglis MountainSW 216°720 m9.8 mi
Willoughby MountainNW 319°712 m4.7 mi
Tenney MountainSSW 192°680 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0619:4920:33
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1915:2616:13

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47798984

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