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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 211 m. Prospect Mountain stands 424 m to the north-northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Cilley Meadows Wetland Area, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Blue Hill Foundation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.29101, -71.23004
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • World War Monument: 3.6 mi
  • Old Train Trestle: 3.8 mi
  • Brigadier General Harrison Thyng Memorial: 4.7 mi
  • Webster Mills: 5.9 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 6.4 mi
Parks
  • The Parade: 4.3 mi
  • Forrest B. Argue Recreation Area: 4.5 mi
  • Pittsfield Centennial Community Park: 4.6 mi
  • Drake Field: 4.9 mi
  • Frank Lyman Park: 4.9 mi
Museums: 39
  • Strafford Historic Society: 5.6 mi
  • Gilmanton Historical Society Museum: 9.4 mi
  • Deerfield Historical Society: 10.9 mi
  • Gilman Museum: 11.4 mi
  • North East Motor Sports Museum: 12.5 mi
Beaches: 27
  • Sandy Point: 3.4 mi
  • Mary Waldron Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Bennett's Bridge Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Northwood Lake Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Dustin Beach: 6.3 mi
Artworks: 27
  • Bear with Fish: 13.1 mi
  • Pembroke Spartan: 15.1 mi
  • Pluto: 16.0 mi
  • Uranus: 16.0 mi
  • Neptune: 16.0 mi
Attractions: 15
  • Deerfield Fairgrounds: 13.3 mi
  • Canterbury Shaker Village: 13.9 mi
  • Candia Springs Adventure Park: 15.9 mi
  • Mast Way Trails: 15.9 mi
  • Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 15.9 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Devil's Den Cliff: 11.8 mi
  • Ridgeline Climbing: 11.9 mi
  • Boulder Natural: 12.1 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 12.2 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 12.2 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Steeles Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Kimballs Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Hook Island Falls: 17.4 mi
Gardens: 10
Picnic sites: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 17.6 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 17.7 mi
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 19.8 mi
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 23.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Huckins Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 13.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Blue Hills Foundation Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect MountainNNE 15°424 m8.0 mi
Fort MountainSSW 211°424 m8.6 mi
Blue Job MountainENE 64°412 m6.4 mi
Nottingham MountainSSW 205°411 m8.6 mi
Catamount MountainWSW 252°403 m3.5 mi
Parker MountainESE 104°401 m3.2 mi
Ragged MountainNNE 22°394 m7.8 mi
McCoy MountainSW 218°384 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0619:4620:29
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1515:2616:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533455766717061493928
Precip in2.82.83.33.43.53.83.63.63.64.43.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Concord Asos, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1394966186

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