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Chemung State Forest

Chemung State Forest from directly overhead

Chemung State Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 178 m. Belknap Mountain stands 726 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Loon Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 1.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
178 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.60312, -71.53756

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Childs Park: 0.8 mi
  • Hamlin-Eames-Smyth Recreation: 1.1 mi
  • Eames Recreation and Wildlife Area: 1.5 mi
  • Waukewan Highlands Community Park: 2.5 mi
  • Robbie Mills Sports Complex: 3.1 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 56
Historic sites: 35
Beaches: 32
  • Waukewan Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Weirs Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Sandborn Town Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Hermit Lake Town Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Leslie E. Roberts Beach: 6.3 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Turitella: 4.0 mi
  • Dragon Fly: 4.1 mi
  • #10 / Dog: 4.1 mi
  • #14 / White: 4.1 mi
  • #28 / South of the Border in Koyoto: 4.1 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Profile Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Falls of Song: 13.9 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Emerald Pool Falls: 14.0 mi
  • The Cascades: 14.0 mi
Museums: 17
Attractions: 11
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 3.0 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Funspot: 3.1 mi
  • Go-Karts: 4.3 mi
  • Bumper Boats: 4.3 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Peace Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Botanical Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 17.0 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 23.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 8.3 mi
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Hippy Hill: 17.1 mi
  • Campton Day Use Area: 19.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Chemung State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Belknap MountainSE 125°726 m10.3 mi
Gunstock MountainESE 124°674 m9.6 mi
Piper MountainSE 131°617 m10.5 mi
Red HillNNE 21°612 m11.3 mi
Hersey MountainWSW 247°608 m6.5 mi
Peaked HillWNW 292°575 m8.7 mi
Mount SuncookSE 125°564 m11.3 mi
Heator MountainESE 123°551 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0619:4820:32
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1715:2616:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332445666717062503928
Precip in3.12.93.43.63.54.44.63.93.84.83.73.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakeport 2, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • trailing arbutus24 obs
  • painted trillium15 obs
  • pink lady's slipper13 obs
  • Hickory Tussock Moth7 obs
  • American Toad6 obs
  • Eastern Newt5 obs
  • Wood Frog5 obs
  • Canada Goose4 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/47799049

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