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Doublehead Preserve

Doublehead Preserve from directly overhead

Doublehead Preserve is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 320 m. Sandwich Mountain stands 1,215 m to the north, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Eastman Brook Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 5.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Squam Lakes Conservation Society
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.80396, -71.52375

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Sandwich Notch Park: 2.2 mi
  • Sunshine Park: 3.9 mi
  • Everrett Field: 4.1 mi
  • Quimby Field: 4.3 mi
  • Holderness Town Beach: 4.5 mi
Cliffs
Waterfalls: 41
  • Beede Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Livermore Falls: 7.3 mi
Beaches: 33
Attractions: 25
  • The Old Country Store: 7.2 mi
  • Lucknow Mansion: 11.3 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Funspot: 13.3 mi
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 13.4 mi
Historic sites: 22
Artworks: 20
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 8.8 mi
  • #20 / Nova: 10.1 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 10.1 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 10.1 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 10.1 mi
Museums: 17
Springs: 5
  • Elliott Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 17.7 mi
  • lower falls: 20.1 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Campton Day Use Area: 6.9 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
  • Fay Waside Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 21.2 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Peace Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 9.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 21.9 mi
  • The Basin, East: 23.2 mi
  • The Basin, West: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Doublehead Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandwich MountainN 11°1,215 m6.8 mi
Sandwich DomeN 11°1,206 m6.8 mi
Jennings PeakN 5°1,038 m7.4 mi
Flat MountainNNE 20°1,015 m9.1 mi
Noon PeakN 8°893 m8.1 mi
Flat MountainNNE 30°886 m8.0 mi
Dickey MountainNNW 342°833 m8.7 mi
Black MountainN 357°830 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0519:4820:32
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1815:2516:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130425362676558463524
Precip in3.22.63.23.33.74.44.53.83.64.63.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1388903854

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