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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 238 m. Rocky Mountain stands 428 m to the northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Hills Foundation Lands, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 8.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Blue Hills Foundation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.34267, -71.14879
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Elizabeth Fernald Park & Playground: 5.0 mi
  • Farmington 500 Paulson Road Fields: 5.3 mi
  • James B. Edgerly Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
  • Baxter Lake Boat Access Facility: 5.6 mi
  • Meetinghouse Park: 5.7 mi
Historic sites: 55
  • World War Monument: 5.6 mi
  • Old Train Trestle: 6.4 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 6.6 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 7.5 mi
  • Deputy Sheriff Charles E. Smith (1843-1891) Historic Marker: 8.3 mi
Museums: 35
  • Strafford Historic Society: 5.3 mi
  • Gilman Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Gilmanton Historical Society Museum: 9.1 mi
  • Rochester Historical Society: 9.2 mi
  • New Hampshire Farm Museum: 11.5 mi
Beaches: 31
  • Dustin Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Colony Beach (closed): 5.7 mi
  • Sandy Point: 5.9 mi
  • Mary Waldron Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Bennett's Bridge Beach: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 26
Attractions: 15
  • Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 16.5 mi
  • Mast Way Trails: 16.5 mi
  • Mount Washington Boat Terminal: 17.0 mi
  • Canterbury Shaker Village: 17.2 mi
  • Deerfield Fairgrounds: 17.5 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Steeles Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Kimballs Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Hayes Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • Carbonneau Cave: 13.5 mi
  • Devil's Den Cliff: 15.3 mi
  • Ridgeline Climbing: 15.4 mi
  • Boulder Natural: 15.5 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 15.6 mi
Gardens: 10
Picnic sites: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 23.0 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 23.1 mi
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 23.2 mi
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Two Sisters Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 14.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Blue Hills Foundation Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rocky MountainNW 321°428 m9.8 mi
Pine MountainNNW 327°426 m11.1 mi
Prospect MountainNNW 334°424 m4.6 mi
Birch RidgeN 5°415 m9.4 mi
Blue Job MountainESE 115°412 m1.8 mi
Caverly MountainN 0°410 m11.8 mi
Catamount MountainWSW 238°403 m8.7 mi
Parker MountainSSW 193°401 m4.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0519:4620:29
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1515:2616:12

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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47798560

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