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Betsy Fosket Wildlife Sanctuary

Betsy Fosket Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Betsy Fosket Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 353 m. Bald Rock stands 790 m to the northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Miriam Hunt Memorial Forest, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 20 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Audubon Society of NH
Getting there

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Coordinates42.75836, -71.99616

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Rindge Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Ridge Common: 0.9 mi
  • Wellington Park: 1.7 mi
  • Wellington Park: 1.7 mi
  • Humiston Park: 3.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Clyde II: 6.0 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 8.6 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 9.4 mi
  • Armillary: 10.7 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 11.7 mi
Museums: 33
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 6.0 mi
  • Mariposa Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 9.6 mi
Attractions: 24
Beaches: 21
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 5.4 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Bonner Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Trap Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 11
Gardens: 11
  • Noahs Ark: 9.3 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 10.8 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 3
  • Falcon Spring: 8.2 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 9.2 mi
  • River Road Spring: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Betsy Fosket Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald RockNW 320°790 m8.7 mi
Monte RosaNW 319°749 m9.0 mi
Holt PeakNE 50°623 m7.4 mi
Burton PeakNE 53°605 m6.6 mi
Temple MountainNE 44°596 m8.0 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakWNW 300°579 m8.3 mi
New Ipswich MountainESE 102°563 m4.1 mi
Barrett MountainE 86°561 m4.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1119:4720:30
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1615:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665706860493828
Precip in3.03.03.93.83.64.54.03.94.34.83.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Muni AP Silver RCH, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797109

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