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Big Dickerman Town Forest

Big Dickerman Town Forest from directly overhead

Big Dickerman Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 120 m. Merriam Hill stands 313 m to the west-southwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bayley House, a historic site 0.3 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Hollis Forestry Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.78561, -71.60702
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Bayley House: 0.3 mi
  • Wallingford House: 0.4 mi
  • Police Memorial: 4.1 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Cemetery Field: 3.4 mi
  • Shepard Park: 3.4 mi
  • Green Space: 3.6 mi
  • Green Space: 3.8 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 3.9 mi
Artworks
  • Commitment: 4.8 mi
  • City Lights: 4.8 mi
  • Release: 4.8 mi
  • First Friendship: 4.8 mi
  • Neitherthere (Absence as a Reality): 4.8 mi
Attractions
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 7.0 mi
  • Labyrinth: 7.7 mi
  • SkyVenture: 9.8 mi
  • Hudson Speedway: 10.2 mi
  • Frog Rock: 11.7 mi
Museums: 49
Gardens: 30
Beaches: 26
  • Silver Lake Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Baboosic Lake Town Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Dog Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 10.7 mi
  • Pelham Town Beach: 13.6 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Middle Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 16.3 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.9 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 19.7 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 23.3 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 23.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 17.4 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 18.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Merriam HillWSW 254°313 m9.7 mi
Abbot HillW 278°280 m6.8 mi
Pead HillNW 309°277 m8.5 mi
Prospect HillNNW 338°269 m8.2 mi
Purgatory HillNNW 327°269 m8.7 mi
Mitchell HillW 274°266 m6.6 mi
Beech HillNNW 327°261 m9.3 mi
Pole HillWSW 250°259 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:29
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1515:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766727062503929
Precip in3.83.33.74.03.54.33.53.94.24.83.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Milford, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1413601716

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