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Conway Town Forest

Conway Town Forest from directly overhead

Conway Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Kearsarge North stands 991 m to the northeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Conway Scenic Overlook, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. White Mountain Trail runs past it.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Conway

How to reach it

Coordinates44.07546, -71.13463

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Hussey Field: 1.2 mi
  • First River Bridge Park: 1.3 mi
  • Schouler Park: 1.7 mi
  • Cathedral Ledge State Park: 1.8 mi
  • First Church of Christ Congregational Park: 2.0 mi
Waterfalls: 47
Cliffs: 36
  • Thin Air Face: 1.8 mi
  • Barber Wall: 1.8 mi
  • The Slabs: 2.2 mi
  • Echo Roof: 2.2 mi
  • South Buttress: 2.3 mi
Historic sites: 17
Beaches: 17
  • Beach Area #1: 5.6 mi
  • Beach Area #2: 5.9 mi
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Porridge Shore Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Geneva Beach: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 17
Attractions: 16
  • Diana's Baths - Parking: 1.4 mi
  • Cranmore Mountain Coaster: 1.8 mi
  • Giant Swing: 1.9 mi
  • Roar-o-Saurus: 3.6 mi
  • Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 3.6 mi
Museums: 13
  • MWOBs Admin Office: 1.4 mi
  • Conway Railroad Museum: 1.6 mi
  • New England Ski Museum: 1.7 mi
  • Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 5.5 mi
  • Salyards Museum: 6.7 mi
Springs: 6
  • lower falls: 6.9 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 18.7 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Hannes Schneider: 1.8 mi
  • Loon Mural: 21.2 mi
  • Bridgton and Saco River R.R.: 21.5 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 20.3 mi
  • Mary's Garden: 21.0 mi
  • Bridgton Community Gardens: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Sabatis Island Rest Area: 16.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Conway Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kearsarge NorthNE 44°991 m2.9 mi
North Moat MountainWSW 241°956 m4.6 mi
North DoubleheadN 2°922 m6.4 mi
Big Attitash MountainWSW 247°885 m5.2 mi
South DoubleheadN 1°870 m5.9 mi
Middle Moat MountainSW 222°840 m4.8 mi
South Moat MountainSW 216°828 m5.0 mi
Iron MountainNW 308°826 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0219:4820:32
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1715:2216:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231435565706860483727
Precip in3.63.23.74.43.74.54.54.43.75.54.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Conway, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47799255

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