Bradford Pines Natural Area
Bradford Pines Natural Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Summit stands 828 m to the west-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitman Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway runs past it.
What to expect
- Operated by
- NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
How to reach it
- On the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 8.5 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 15.0 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 20.3 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 6 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 26 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Whitman Park: 0.3 mi
- Warren Brook Park: 1.1 mi
- French's Park: 2.8 mi
- Larsen Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
- Fishersfield Park: 4.1 mi
- Hogg Hill: 0.8 mi
- Goodwin Hill: 1.6 mi
- Morse Hill: 1.8 mi
- Cedar Hill: 1.8 mi
- Jewett Hill: 2.1 mi
- West Meadow Wetland Conservation Area: 2.0 mi
- Pearl Town Forest: 2.3 mi
- Russell Pond: 2.7 mi
- Webb/Crowell Forest: 4.0 mi
- Aiken Pasture (Bradford Town Forest): 4.2 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 17.0 mi
- Boudreau Square: 18.1 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial: 18.6 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 6.4 mi
- State Park Beach: 7.4 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 8.1 mi
- Elkins Beach: 10.5 mi
- Dewey Beach: 10.8 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 7.1 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 7.2 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 7.3 mi
- Washington Historical Society: 9.3 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 10.2 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 12.6 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 21.6 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 21.6 mi
- Christa McAuliffe: 21.6 mi
- John Parker Hale: 21.7 mi
- Gleason Falls: 8.5 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 11.8 mi
- Brennan Falls: 20.1 mi
- Profile Falls: 23.7 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 24.2 mi
- Everett Dam: 19.3 mi
- Everett Dam: 19.4 mi
- Everett Dam: 19.4 mi
- Everett Dam: 19.5 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 21.7 mi
- Baker Ledge: 7.6 mi
- The Bulkhead: 15.3 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 18.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliff: 24.4 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 10.2 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 24.6 mi
- Botanical Garden: 24.6 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 15.6 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- (seasonal): 6.8 mi
- River Road Spring: 24.2 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 17.4 mi
- Hippy Hill: 18.5 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Bradford Pines Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit | WNW 300° | 828 m | 6.6 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | WNW 299° | 824 m | 6.1 mi |
| South Peak | WNW 303° | 794 m | 5.7 mi |
| Lucias Lookout | W 277° | 756 m | 5.7 mi |
| Lovewell Mountain | SW 229° | 751 m | 6.7 mi |
| Little Sunapee Mountain | W 267° | 734 m | 5.8 mi |
| North Peak | WNW 303° | 692 m | 6.8 mi |
| Ayers Pond Peak | WSW 241° | 641 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:29 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bradford 2, 2 mi away.
- eastern white pine90 obs
- eastern hemlock15 obs
- American beech10 obs
- sensitive fern7 obs
- trailing arbutus7 obs
- northern red oak6 obs
- Asian bittersweet6 obs
- Green Frog6 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/47797564
Day trips start here
- New London · 10 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 18 mi
- Franklin · 20 mi
- Claremont · 21 mi
- Concord · 21 mi
- Tilton · 22 mi
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