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Blue Hills Foundation Conservation Land

Blue Hills Foundation Conservation Land from directly overhead

Blue Hills Foundation Conservation Land is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Rocky Mountain stands 428 m to the north-northwest, 10.0 miles off. Lakes Region Tour passes 9.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Blue Hills Foundation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.31928, -71.19483
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • The Parade: 5.0 mi
  • Pittsfield Centennial Community Park: 6.2 mi
  • Forrest B. Argue Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
  • Drake Field: 6.6 mi
  • Bow Lake Athletic Fields: 6.6 mi
Historic sites: 57
  • World War Monument: 3.5 mi
  • Old Train Trestle: 4.2 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 6.2 mi
  • Brigadier General Harrison Thyng Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 7.2 mi
Museums: 35
  • Strafford Historic Society: 5.0 mi
  • Gilmanton Historical Society Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Gilman Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Rochester Historical Society: 11.1 mi
  • Deerfield Historical Society: 13.1 mi
Beaches: 28
  • Sandy Point: 3.7 mi
  • Dustin Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Colony Beach (closed): 5.2 mi
  • Mary Waldron Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Bennett's Bridge Beach: 5.6 mi
Artworks: 26
Attractions: 17
  • Canterbury Shaker Village: 15.1 mi
  • Deerfield Fairgrounds: 15.4 mi
  • Mast Way Trails: 16.3 mi
  • Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 16.6 mi
  • Candia Springs Adventure Park: 18.0 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Steeles Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Kimballs Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Hayes Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • Devil's Den Cliff: 13.6 mi
  • Ridgeline Climbing: 13.6 mi
  • Carbonneau Cave: 13.7 mi
  • Boulder Natural: 13.8 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 13.9 mi
Gardens: 10
Picnic sites: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 20.3 mi
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 21.1 mi
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 23.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Huckins Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 13.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Blue Hills Foundation Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rocky MountainNNW 337°428 m10.0 mi
Pine MountainNNW 341°426 m11.5 mi
Prospect MountainN 3°424 m5.8 mi
Fort MountainSW 214°424 m11.2 mi
Birch RidgeNNE 16°415 m11.4 mi
Blue Job MountainENE 78°412 m4.1 mi
Nottingham MountainSSW 209°411 m11.1 mi
Catamount MountainWSW 239°403 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0519:4620:29
September equinox06:3318:0618:44
December solstice07:1515:2616:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465666716962503930
Precip in2.52.23.73.73.53.93.53.23.44.43.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester Skyhaven AP, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47798528

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