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East Rattlesnake

East Rattlesnake from directly overhead

East Rattlesnake is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 232 m. Sandwich Mountain stands 1,215 m to the north, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Daphne Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 4.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Squam Lakes Conservation Society

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.78147, -71.52314

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Cliffs
Parks
  • Holderness Town Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Sandwich Notch Park: 3.4 mi
  • Everrett Field: 4.4 mi
  • Sunshine Park: 4.4 mi
  • Quimby Field: 4.5 mi
Waterfalls: 34
  • Lower Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Beede Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Livermore Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 33
Historic sites: 26
Attractions: 23
  • The Old Country Store: 6.6 mi
  • Lucknow Mansion: 10.7 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Funspot: 11.8 mi
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 11.9 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 8.4 mi
  • #20 / Nova: 8.5 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 8.6 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 8.6 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 8.6 mi
Museums: 18
Springs: 6
  • Crystal Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 16.5 mi
  • lower falls: 21.2 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Campton Day Use Area: 8.1 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
  • Fay Waside Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 22.5 mi
  • Hippy Hill: 24.5 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Peace Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 11.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 20.4 mi
  • The Basin, East: 24.7 mi
  • The Basin, West: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of East Rattlesnake. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandwich MountainN 9°1,215 m8.3 mi
Sandwich DomeN 9°1,206 m8.3 mi
Jennings PeakN 4°1,038 m9.0 mi
Noon PeakN 6°893 m9.7 mi
Flat MountainNNE 25°886 m9.3 mi
Black MountainN 357°830 m7.2 mi
Black Snout MountainE 89°812 m9.7 mi
Sachem PeakN 359°807 m8.5 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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/47799119

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