Carroll State Forest
Carroll State Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 164 m. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the north-northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is School Street Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 4.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 7.3 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 11.8 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
- 11.5 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- School Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Riverside Park: 0.7 mi
- Park Avenue Field: 5.5 mi
- George Park: 6.0 mi
- Houston Park: 6.1 mi
- Denny Hill: 0.5 mi
- Burnt Hill: 1.0 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 1.4 mi
- Tory Hill: 1.5 mi
- Waldron Hill: 2.1 mi
- Warner Town Forest: 1.6 mi
- Gilmore State Forest: 1.8 mi
- Warner Town Forest: 2.2 mi
- Warner Town Forest: 2.5 mi
- Wayne and Trudy Beaver Saga Pond Forest: 2.5 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 9.6 mi
- Boudreau Square: 10.5 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial Historic Site: 10.9 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 8.6 mi
- Riverland Beach: 11.0 mi
- Elkins Beach: 11.3 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 13.0 mi
- State Park Beach: 13.3 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 0.6 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 0.6 mi
- Little Nature Museum: 7.5 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 10.6 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 12.5 mi
- Uranus: 14.6 mi
- Neptune: 14.6 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 14.6 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 14.7 mi
- John Parker Hale: 14.7 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 14.5 mi
- Everett Dam: 15.3 mi
- Everett Dam: 15.4 mi
- Everett Dam: 15.4 mi
- Everett Dam: 15.4 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 17.6 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 19.3 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Gleason Falls: 12.4 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 18.7 mi
- Profile Falls: 19.8 mi
- Brennan Falls: 20.5 mi
- Senter Falls: 24.6 mi
- Baker Ledge: 6.8 mi
- The Bulkhead: 12.3 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 14.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliff: 20.0 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 12.5 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 16.4 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 16.8 mi
- Botanical Garden: 16.9 mi
- (seasonal): 14.0 mi
- River Road Spring: 21.9 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 22.1 mi
- Huckins Spring: 22.4 mi
- Hippy Hill: 16.7 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 19.6 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 10.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Carroll State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kearsarge | NNW 340° | 891 m | 7.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNW 334° | 774 m | 6.5 mi |
| Little Mountain | NNW 343° | 710 m | 6.4 mi |
| Knights Hill | SW 234° | 573 m | 8.4 mi |
| Sawyer Hill | NNW 349° | 555 m | 4.5 mi |
| Stewarts Peak | SW 231° | 552 m | 3.9 mi |
| Gage Hill | NW 322° | 539 m | 5.8 mi |
| Rowes Hill | SW 233° | 525 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:48 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
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 | 22 | 25 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salisbury, 6 mi away.
- eastern white pine32 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle8 obs
- Hickory Tussock Moth8 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee7 obs
- common jewelweed5 obs
- staghorn sumac5 obs
- Northern Paper Wasp4 obs
- Yellow-rumped Warbler4 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/47797596
Day trips start here
- New London · 12 mi
- Concord · 14 mi
- Franklin · 14 mi
- Tilton · 15 mi
- Merrimack Valley · 20 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 22 mi
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