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Bixler Town Forest

Bixler Town Forest from directly overhead

Bixler Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 375 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the north, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ames Forest, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Town of Jaffrey
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.81982, -72.10867

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Centennial Park: 3.0 mi
  • Mountain Brook Reservoir Conservation Easement: 3.3 mi
  • Shattuck Park: 3.7 mi
  • Samuel E. Paul Recreational Park: 3.8 mi
  • Central Square: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 3.8 mi
Artworks
  • Armillary: 6.4 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 9.0 mi
  • Clyde II: 9.9 mi
  • Aurora: 11.3 mi
  • Reaching: 11.3 mi
Museums: 36
  • Troy Historical Society: 3.8 mi
  • Troy Station: 3.9 mi
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 7.0 mi
  • Mariposa Museum: 9.0 mi
  • Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Black Precipice: 2.6 mi
  • Billings Fold: 2.9 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 6.5 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 17.4 mi
Attractions: 20
Waterfalls: 19
  • Falls Brook Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Sandy Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 6.4 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Noahs Ark: 5.0 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 15.8 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 22.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Falcon Spring: 2.5 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 15.9 mi
  • River Road Spring: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Bixler Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockN 0°965 m2.9 mi
Bald RockN 2°790 m2.4 mi
Monte RosaN 354°749 m2.5 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakW 267°579 m1.5 mi
Little Monadnock MountainWSW 247°571 m5.4 mi
Gap Mountain - North PeakW 275°561 m1.6 mi
Cobb HillN 11°555 m9.8 mi
Beech HillNNE 16°529 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:01
June solstice05:1119:4820:31
September equinox06:3618:1018:48
December solstice07:1715:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455766716962493829
Precip in3.33.44.03.83.74.34.34.04.35.13.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Silver RCH Airpark, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1174700275

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