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Fitzwilliam Town Forest

Fitzwilliam Town Forest from directly overhead

Fitzwilliam Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 310 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the north-northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Hayden Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Town of Fitzwilliam
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.75447, -72.17506

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Eliza Ballou Monument: 3.8 mi
  • Cheshire Railroad Depot Monument: 4.9 mi
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
Parks
Museums: 30
Attractions: 28
  • Stone Bridge: 4.4 mi
  • Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 13.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 14.4 mi
  • Nutting Ledges: 14.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Jacob Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 5.5 mi
  • Black Precipice: 7.8 mi
  • Billings Fold: 8.1 mi
  • Table Rock: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 2.0 mi
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 4.4 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 8.0 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Royalston Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 7.4 mi
Artworks: 12
  • Clyde II: 8.0 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 8.7 mi
  • Armillary: 12.0 mi
  • Reaching: 13.0 mi
  • Aurora: 13.0 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Noahs Ark: 10.6 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 11.3 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 12.0 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 18.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 8.0 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 15.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Fitzwilliam Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockNNE 25°965 m8.1 mi
Bald RockNNE 27°790 m7.7 mi
Monte RosaNNE 24°749 m7.7 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakNNE 23°579 m4.8 mi
Little Monadnock MountainNNW 327°571 m2.9 mi
Gap Mountain - North PeakNNE 21°561 m5.0 mi
Bigelow HillN 10°472 m6.6 mi
The PinnacleNNE 24°467 m2.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1119:4820:31
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1715:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634475968747264514030
Precip in3.62.93.93.53.54.54.64.34.34.73.64.0

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797078

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