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Bradley-Draper Memorial Forest

Bradley-Draper Memorial Forest from directly overhead

Bradley-Draper Memorial Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 333 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the northwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandy Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New England Forestry Foundation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.81553, -72.05465

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Centennial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Mountain Brook Reservoir Conservation Easement: 1.1 mi
  • Town Common: 1.6 mi
  • Humiston Park: 2.0 mi
  • Howard Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
  • Armillary: 6.3 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 6.8 mi
  • Clyde II: 9.2 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 13.6 mi
  • Aurora: 13.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 6.6 mi
Museums: 33
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Troy Historical Society: 6.6 mi
  • Troy Station: 6.6 mi
  • Mariposa Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 6.9 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Sandy Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 21
Waterfalls: 20
  • Falls Brook Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Black Precipice: 4.1 mi
  • Billings Fold: 4.2 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 9.2 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 19.5 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Noahs Ark: 4.7 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 16.1 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 20.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Falcon Spring: 3.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 14.1 mi
  • River Road Spring: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Bradley-Draper Memorial Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockNW 319°965 m4.2 mi
Bald RockNW 315°790 m3.7 mi
Monte RosaNW 313°749 m4.1 mi
Pack Monadnock MountainENE 70°692 m9.5 mi
Holt PeakE 85°623 m8.6 mi
Burton PeakE 90°605 m8.2 mi
Temple MountainENE 78°596 m8.7 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakW 273°579 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:01
June solstice05:1119:4820:31
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1615:3216:18

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797131

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