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Cooper Hill Community Forest

Cooper Hill Community Forest from directly overhead

Cooper Hill Community Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 314 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the southeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooper Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 14 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New England Forestry Foundation

How to reach it

Coordinates42.90901, -72.16717

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 5.8 mi
Museums: 30
Beaches: 15
  • Sunset Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 15
Artworks: 12
  • Armillary: 5.4 mi
  • Aurora: 5.8 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 5.8 mi
  • Pizza Wings: 5.8 mi
  • Reaching: 5.8 mi
Attractions: 12
Cliffs: 8
  • Billings Fold: 4.4 mi
  • Black Precipice: 4.5 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 7.1 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 11.1 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 14.8 mi
Gardens: 5
  • John Pierce Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 5.6 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 18.9 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 21.9 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 24.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Falcon Spring: 5.3 mi
  • (seasonal): 20.9 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Cooper Hill Community Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockSE 138°965 m4.5 mi
Bald RockSE 141°790 m4.9 mi
Monte RosaSE 143°749 m4.5 mi
Osgood HillNNE 30°681 m7.1 mi
Skatutakee MountainENE 58°609 m7.8 mi
Thumb MountainNE 53°603 m7.4 mi
Fletcher HillNNE 22°595 m7.8 mi
Holt HillNE 35°581 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1119:4920:32
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1715:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202331435564696860483727
Precip in3.12.83.43.43.84.44.54.34.34.93.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keene, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1409537401

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