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Dennis Lewis Town Forest

Dennis Lewis Town Forest from directly overhead

Dennis Lewis Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Fort Mountain stands 424 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Deerfield Road Town Forest, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Amoskeag Millyard Scenic and Cultural Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Candia Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.07875, -71.28675
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Candia Town Pond and Natural Area: 1.1 mi
  • Emerson's Mill & Patten's Mill Sites: 2.7 mi
  • Peg King Park: 3.8 mi
  • Bicentennial Field: 4.3 mi
  • Riverside Park: 5.3 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Candia Springs Adventure Park: 2.1 mi
  • Deerfield Fairgrounds: 2.6 mi
  • Block Party Social: 7.9 mi
  • The Amoskeag Fishways: 10.8 mi
  • New England Dragway: 13.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Veterans: 2.6 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 4.1 mi
  • Deerfield Parade: 5.1 mi
  • building ruins: 6.6 mi
  • building ruins: 7.1 mi
Museums: 52
Artworks: 43
Beaches: 19
Gardens: 15
Waterfalls: 14
  • Steeles Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Hook Island Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Packer's Falls: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Boulder Natural: 5.9 mi
  • Devil's Den Cliff: 5.9 mi
  • Ridgeline Climbing: 5.9 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 6.1 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 6.1 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 9.8 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 9.8 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 17.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 22.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Springs: 4
  • Two Sisters Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 17.8 mi
  • River Road Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 22.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Dennis Lewis Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort MountainNNW 347°424 m7.5 mi
Nottingham MountainN 354°411 m6.9 mi
McCoy MountainNNW 345°384 m8.6 mi
Neville PeakN 354°363 m7.4 mi
Nats MountainNNW 343°356 m6.9 mi
Saddleback MountainNNE 32°347 m8.2 mi
Parsonage PeakNNE 29°322 m8.3 mi
North Mount PawtuckawayENE 58°308 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0719:4520:29
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1415:2716:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533465766716962503929
Precip in2.72.73.23.53.44.33.73.73.94.43.53.8

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1416021402

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