Charlestown Town Forest - Sam’s Hill Lot
Charlestown Town Forest - Sam’s Hill Lot is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 398 m. Gove Hill stands 589 m to the east-northeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sams Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 2.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Charlestown
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 17.3 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 17.6 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 25.3 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
Overlooks nearby
- View of Bellows Falls · 7 mi
- Eagles Nest · 18 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 21 mi
- Beal's Knob Vista · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sams Hill: 0.4 mi
- Hemlock Hill: 1.0 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.5 mi
- Garfield Hill: 2.0 mi
- Page Hill: 2.1 mi
- Charlestown Town Forest - Reservoir Lot: 1.9 mi
- Connecticut River State Forest: 2.0 mi
- Charlestown Town Forest - Halls Pond Lot: 2.3 mi
- Unity Town Land: 3.9 mi
- Spaulding Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
- Swan Commons: 2.5 mi
- Patch Park: 3.6 mi
- Acworth Town Land: 3.9 mi
- Acworth Town Common: 4.1 mi
- Vilas Pool Park: 5.0 mi
- The Fort at No 4: 3.6 mi
- The Fort at No. 4: 3.6 mi
- Alstead Historical Society: 5.0 mi
- Bellows Falls Historical Society Canal Street Museum: 7.0 mi
- Frank Adams Grist Mill: 7.1 mi
- naval gun: 10.5 mi
- naval gun: 10.5 mi
- civil war: 10.5 mi
- civil war: 11.6 mi
- Former Salmond Covered Bridge Site: 12.2 mi
- Corona Beach: 5.0 mi
- Stoughton Pond Recreation Area: 12.5 mi
- State Park Beach: 17.9 mi
- Dewey Beach: 19.0 mi
- Croydon Town Beach: 19.6 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 7.6 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 14.1 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 20.5 mi
- Baseball: 20.6 mi
- Pizza Wings: 20.6 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 13.0 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 16.2 mi
- Hidden Falls: 16.4 mi
- Hamilton Falls: 20.5 mi
- Gleason Falls: 21.8 mi
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 6.7 mi
- Hall Bridge: 8.1 mi
- Bartonsville Covered Bridge: 8.1 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 12.3 mi
- Upper Falls Covered Bridge: 14.2 mi
- Green Mountain Railroad: 11.3 mi
- TimberQuest: 20.0 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 20.0 mi
- Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 20.5 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 21.9 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 7.6 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 14.4 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 23.7 mi
- Table Rock: 6.8 mi
- Mine Ledge: 15.3 mi
- Wright Grove: 15.0 mi
- (seasonal): 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Charlestown Town Forest - Sam’s Hill Lot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gove Hill | ENE 70° | 589 m | 6.4 mi |
| Coffin Hill | ENE 72° | 582 m | 6.3 mi |
| Pinnacle | ENE 74° | 544 m | 4.7 mi |
| Humphrey Hill | ENE 77° | 542 m | 3.7 mi |
| Davis Hill | ENE 76° | 506 m | 5.8 mi |
| Gates Mountain | ESE 115° | 506 m | 7.2 mi |
| Sams Hill | SW 217° | 503 m | 0.4 mi |
| Derry Hill | ESE 107° | 497 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:24 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:50 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:31 | 16:18 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Springfield Lake, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/47797339
Day trips start here
- Claremont · 11 mi
- Cornish · 17 mi
- Brownsville · 18 mi
- Windsor · 18 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 22 mi
- New London · 24 mi
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