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Cheshire Pond Conservation Area

Cheshire Pond Conservation Area from directly overhead

Cheshire Pond Conservation Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 299 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the west-northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Howard Memorial Park, a park 0.4 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Jaffrey Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.82287, -72.01126

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Howard Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Town Common: 0.8 mi
  • Humiston Park: 1.2 mi
  • Centennial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Mountain Brook Reservoir Conservation Easement: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
  • Cultural Cocoon: 4.9 mi
  • Armillary: 6.3 mi
  • Clyde II: 10.0 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 13.8 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 15.0 mi
Historic sites
  • New England Glassworks: 6.3 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 8.7 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 8.7 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 8.7 mi
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 8.7 mi
Museums: 34
  • Mariposa Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Troy Historical Society: 8.8 mi
  • Troy Station: 8.8 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 9.5 mi
Attractions: 19
Waterfalls: 19
  • Bonner Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Brennan Falls: 14.7 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Noahs Ark: 4.9 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 6.3 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 17.3 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Black Precipice: 5.6 mi
  • Billings Fold: 5.6 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 11.4 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 20.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Falcon Spring: 4.7 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 13.5 mi
  • River Road Spring: 20.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Cheshire Pond Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockWNW 298°965 m5.6 mi
Bald RockWNW 294°790 m5.3 mi
Monte RosaWNW 294°749 m5.7 mi
North Pack Monadnock MountainENE 59°694 m8.6 mi
Pack Monadnock MountainENE 68°692 m7.2 mi
Holt PeakE 87°623 m6.4 mi
Burton PeakE 95°605 m6.1 mi
Temple MountainE 79°596 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1019:4820:31
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1615:3116:18

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/1409942032

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