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Five Finger Point Natural Area

Five Finger Point Natural Area from directly overhead

Five Finger Point Natural Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Sandwich Mountain stands 1,215 m to the north, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Daphne Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 3.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
University of New Hampshire

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.77023, -71.52318

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Holderness Town Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Sandwich Notch Park: 4.1 mi
  • Squam Lakes Boat Launch Facility: 4.2 mi
  • Everrett Field: 4.7 mi
  • Sunshine Park: 4.8 mi
Cliffs
Waterfalls: 33
  • Lower Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Beede Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Livermore Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 32
Historic sites: 26
Attractions: 22
  • The Old Country Store: 6.4 mi
  • Lucknow Mansion: 10.5 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Funspot: 11.0 mi
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 11.1 mi
Artworks: 20
  • #20 / Nova: 7.8 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 7.8 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 7.8 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 7.8 mi
  • #15 / Herons: 7.9 mi
Museums: 18
Springs: 6
  • Crystal Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 16.0 mi
  • lower falls: 21.8 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Campton Day Use Area: 8.7 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
  • Fay Waside Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 23.3 mi
  • Hippy Hill: 24.0 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Peace Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 12.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Five Finger Point Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandwich MountainN 8°1,215 m9.1 mi
Sandwich DomeN 8°1,206 m9.1 mi
Jennings PeakN 4°1,038 m9.8 mi
Black MountainN 357°830 m8.0 mi
Black Snout MountainE 85°812 m9.8 mi
Sachem PeakN 359°807 m9.3 mi
Mount IsraelNNE 26°800 m5.8 mi
Mount WeetamooNNW 336°753 m6.1 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 °F212432445665716962493827
Precip in3.32.83.53.93.84.54.44.04.14.94.04.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meredith 3 NNE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/47799040

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