California Brook Natural Area
California Brook Natural Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 294 m. Webster Hill stands 459 m to the north-northeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Horatio Colony Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 1.7 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 4.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Monadnock Conservancy
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 10.2 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
- 20.6 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 21.2 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Beal's Knob Vista · 3 mi
- Hubbard Hill Vista · 6 mi
- Dort Knob Vista · 6 mi
- stone post view · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Horatio Colony Nature Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Otter Pond Forest: 2.0 mi
- Muster Field: 2.9 mi
- Dickinson Memorial Forest: 3.2 mi
- Stearns Hill: 3.3 mi
- Horatio Colony Trust: 1.9 mi
- Chesterfield Gorge Natural Area: 2.0 mi
- Shadow Lake Park: 2.7 mi
- Bents Ice Pond Pocket Park: 3.4 mi
- Shadow Lake Park: 3.7 mi
- West Hill: 2.1 mi
- Bald Hill: 2.1 mi
- Pistareen Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Stearns Hill: 2.8 mi
- Hyland Hill: 3.9 mi
- Oya Hill: 4.7 mi
- Gravity Foundation Monument: 4.8 mi
- Keene Soldier's Monument: 5.0 mi
- Hinsdale Raceway: 10.3 mi
- Troy Civil War Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Cheshire Children's Museum: 4.7 mi
- Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery: 4.7 mi
- Colony House Museum: 4.8 mi
- Bruder House Museum: 4.8 mi
- Wyman Tavern Museum: 4.9 mi
- Mine Ledge: 6.8 mi
- Troy Cliffs: 8.9 mi
- Mine Ledge: 9.1 mi
- Black Precipice: 13.5 mi
- Billings Fold: 13.5 mi
- Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 12.3 mi
- Sunset Beach: 14.2 mi
- Ranger Beach: 16.1 mi
- Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 16.2 mi
- Corona Beach: 17.1 mi
- Reaching: 4.7 mi
- Aurora: 4.8 mi
- Trinity Bicycle Shop: 4.9 mi
- Baseball: 4.9 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 4.9 mi
- Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 5.0 mi
- Stone Bridge: 14.1 mi
- Hermit's Castle: 20.3 mi
- Path Continues: 22.6 mi
- Path Continues: 22.6 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 6.5 mi
- Falls Brook Falls: 9.2 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 12.3 mi
- Royalston Falls: 14.5 mi
- Hobo Falls: 16.8 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 11.6 mi
- Hall Bridge: 17.2 mi
- Green River Covered Bridge: 17.5 mi
- Scott Covered Bridge: 19.3 mi
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 21.3 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 15.6 mi
- Noahs Ark: 15.6 mi
- Just Roots Community Garden: 21.9 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 23.4 mi
- Phillipston Community Garden: 24.3 mi
- Wright Grove: 7.7 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 23.6 mi
- Falcon Spring: 14.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of California Brook Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webster Hill | NNE 32° | 459 m | 8.3 mi |
| Hyland Hill | NNW 349° | 458 m | 3.9 mi |
| Hancock Peak | N 3° | 445 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bald Hill | ENE 64° | 437 m | 8.3 mi |
| Franklin Mountain | SSE 168° | 434 m | 5.3 mi |
| Brennan Hill | SE 126° | 433 m | 8.8 mi |
| Davis Hill | WSW 237° | 432 m | 6.4 mi |
| Carpenter Hill | N 3° | 427 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:24 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:33 | 16:19 |
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 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keene, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1410346055
Day trips start here
- Swanzey · 5 mi
- Brattleboro · 10 mi
- Rindge · 21 mi
- Gill · 25 mi
- Greenfield · 25 mi
- Wilmington · 26 mi
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