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Carey Park

Carey Park from directly overhead

Carey Park is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 308 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the northwest, 6.0 miles off. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Jaffrey
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.79886, -72.02585

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Humiston Park: 0.7 mi
  • Town Common: 1.1 mi
  • Mountain Brook Reservoir Conservation Easement: 1.2 mi
  • Howard Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Centennial Park: 2.3 mi
Artworks
  • Cultural Cocoon: 6.7 mi
  • Armillary: 7.6 mi
  • Clyde II: 8.2 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 12.6 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 13.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 31
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Mariposa Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 8.2 mi
  • Troy Historical Society: 8.2 mi
Attractions: 22
Beaches: 21
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Falls Brook Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Black Precipice: 5.9 mi
  • Billings Fold: 6.0 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 10.8 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 11.5 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 21.4 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Noahs Ark: 6.2 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 15.5 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 18.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Falcon Spring: 5.1 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 12.4 mi
  • River Road Spring: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Carey Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockNW 316°965 m6.0 mi
Bald RockNW 313°790 m5.6 mi
Monte RosaNW 312°749 m6.0 mi
Pack Monadnock MountainENE 60°692 m8.6 mi
Holt PeakENE 75°623 m7.4 mi
Burton PeakE 81°605 m6.9 mi
Temple MountainENE 68°596 m7.6 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakWNW 284°579 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797111

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