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First Mountain Forest

First Mountain Forest from directly overhead

First Mountain Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Mount Lethe stands 1,397 m to the south-southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is First Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Moose Path Trail passes 4.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mahoosuc Land Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates44.41771, -71.08938

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 50
  • Chester Hayes Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Gorham Common: 4.7 mi
  • Hutchins Street Park: 5.3 mi
  • Moose Brook Park: 5.5 mi
  • Glenside Park: 5.5 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Kees Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Triple Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Coosauk Fall: 9.7 mi
  • Hitchcock Fall: 9.8 mi
  • Mad River Falls: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 29
Picnic sites: 15
  • Gilead Picnic Ground: 6.1 mi
  • P6: 6.9 mi
  • P10: 6.9 mi
  • P5: 6.9 mi
  • P9: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 15
Historic sites: 13
Museums: 10
Springs: 5
  • Peabody Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Mountain fountain: 14.0 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 14.1 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Greenwood Town Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Gage Rice Beach: 24.7 mi
  • Keoka Lake Beach: 24.7 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 5.6 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 24.3 mi
Artworks: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of First Mountain Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LetheSSW 207°1,397 m8.5 mi
Middle Carter MountainSSW 206°1,384 m8.8 mi
North Carter MountainSSW 207°1,359 m8.1 mi
Mount MoriahSSW 201°1,234 m5.7 mi
Middle Moriah MountainSSW 199°1,143 m4.9 mi
Shelburne Moriah MountainS 186°1,135 m4.5 mi
Goose Eye MountainNE 37°1,132 m7.4 mi
North PeakNE 36°1,111 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1818:57
June solstice05:0119:4820:33
September equinox06:3218:0518:44
December solstice07:1815:2016:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161827415362676557463523
Precip in2.72.43.03.43.64.24.13.83.44.93.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Berlin, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1380172790

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