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Buck Meadow Conservation & Recreation Area

Buck Meadow Conservation & Recreation Area from directly overhead

Buck Meadow Conservation & Recreation Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 67 m. Joe English Hill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ponemah Bog Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 9.2 miles off.

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What to expect

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Town of Amherst
Getting there

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Coordinates42.81937, -71.59825
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Cemetery Field: 1.1 mi
  • Shepard Park: 2.0 mi
  • Green Space: 2.5 mi
  • Green Space: 2.6 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 2.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Bayley House: 2.4 mi
  • Wallingford House: 2.5 mi
  • Police Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 3.0 mi
Artworks
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 6.2 mi
  • Commitment: 7.0 mi
  • City Lights: 7.0 mi
  • First Friendship: 7.0 mi
  • Release: 7.0 mi
Attractions
  • Labyrinth: 8.3 mi
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 8.7 mi
  • Hudson Speedway: 9.5 mi
  • Frog Rock: 10.0 mi
  • SkyVenture: 10.8 mi
Museums: 46
Gardens: 27
Beaches: 27
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Middle Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 7.3 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 15.7 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 19.6 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 21.0 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 21.0 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.1 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 19.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Buck Meadow Conservation & Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Joe English HillNNW 340°388 m9.5 mi
South HillNNW 327°314 m9.5 mi
Storey HillNNW 328°307 m8.9 mi
Roby HillNNW 340°302 m8.1 mi
Abbot HillW 259°280 m7.4 mi
Pead HillWNW 294°277 m7.7 mi
McCollom HillNNW 328°277 m8.5 mi
Prospect HillNW 326°269 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:29
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1515:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766727062503929
Precip in3.83.33.74.03.54.33.53.94.24.83.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Milford, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/224192192

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