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Fay State Forest

Fay State Forest from directly overhead

Fay State Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 267 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the north-northeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Fay Waside Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 0.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
267 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.04213, -71.68949

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 60
Peaks
Cliffs
  • Russell Crag: 3.1 mi
  • The Imaginarium: 3.6 mi
  • Welcome Wall: 3.7 mi
  • Nook: 3.7 mi
  • Stolen Buttress: 3.7 mi
Waterfalls: 45
  • Georgiana Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Harvard Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Gordon Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Avalanche Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Paradise Falls: 4.6 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Ice Castles: 0.7 mi
  • Alpine Adventures Outdoor Recreation: 0.8 mi
  • Flume Gorge & Visitor Center: 3.8 mi
  • Table Rock Flume Brook: 4.1 mi
  • Flume Gorge: 4.1 mi
Historic sites: 20
Museums: 16
Picnic sites: 9
Beaches: 6
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 5
  • Liberty Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 20.6 mi
  • lower falls: 22.2 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Tree Harp: 18.7 mi
  • Sunflowers: 18.7 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 18.8 mi
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 19.7 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Peace Garden: 19.4 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Fay State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LafayetteNNE 15°1,600 m8.5 mi
Mount LincolnNNE 17°1,551.12 m7.7 mi
North LincolnNNE 16°1,524 m8.1 mi
North LafayetteNNE 14°1,519 m8.9 mi
Mount MoosilaukeW 260°1,468 m7.2 mi
Little Haystack MountainNNE 18°1,440 m7.1 mi
South PeakWSW 254°1,381 m7.8 mi
Mount BlueW 263°1,380 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0519:5020:34
September equinox06:3518:0818:46
December solstice07:1915:2416:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029425463686659473626
Precip in3.43.03.45.24.24.86.03.93.85.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Nepp, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Greenland stitchwort20 obs
  • American Toad18 obs
  • North American Luna Moth16 obs
  • Brook Trout16 obs
  • Mallard15 obs
  • Hickory Tussock Moth13 obs
  • partridgeberry12 obs
  • Common Garter Snake11 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/47799236

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