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David Dana Forest

David Dana Forest from directly overhead

David Dana Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 297 m. Mount Waumbek stands 1,221 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mine Shaft, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Presidential Range Tour passes 1.6 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
Getting there

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Coordinates44.39643, -71.63277

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 54
  • Whitefield Park: 1.5 mi
  • The Common: 1.9 mi
  • Forest Lake State Park: 3.7 mi
  • Weeks State Park: 4.9 mi
  • Soldier Park: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 42
  • Lower Ammonoosuc Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Middle Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Upper Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Zealand Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Thirteen Falls: 16.1 mi
Attractions: 35
  • Merry Crismas Ferris wheel: 7.0 mi
  • You Tubing: 7.0 mi
  • Flying School: 7.0 mi
  • Reindeer Rendezvous: 7.0 mi
  • Bumper Car: 7.0 mi
Museums: 21
Picnic sites: 18
Cliffs: 17
  • Artists Bluff: 15.2 mi
  • Square Inch Wall: 15.4 mi
  • Profile Cliff: 15.4 mi
  • Maggot Buttress: 15.4 mi
  • Hermit Haven: 15.4 mi
Historic sites: 12
Rest areas: 6
  • Littleton Rest Area: 12.8 mi
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 13.3 mi
  • Boise Rock: 16.9 mi
  • The Basin, West: 19.0 mi
  • The Basin, East: 19.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Lac Littleton: 13.0 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 19.3 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Pollyanna Statue: 9.3 mi
  • Tree Harp: 9.4 mi
  • Sunflowers: 9.4 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 22.8 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of David Dana Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WaumbekENE 77°1,221 m10.9 mi
Mount Starr KingENE 75°1,186 m10.2 mi
Mount MarthaSE 124°1,084 m8.0 mi
Haystack MountainENE 68°1,007 m10.0 mi
Mount Joseph WhippleENE 70°997 m9.2 mi
Owl's HeadESE 120°983 m8.0 mi
The HumpsESE 121°907 m8.8 mi
Stone MountainN 352°819 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0319:5120:35
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:2015:2216:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161828415362676557463523
Precip in2.11.42.12.93.83.94.43.73.63.72.92.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitefield MT Washington Rgnl, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/713373964

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