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Foss Forest

Foss Forest from directly overhead

Foss Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 421 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the east-southeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is MacCornack-Evelyn Forest, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 7.2 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates44.20624, -71.82561

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 59
  • Artists Bluff: 6.7 mi
  • Square Inch Wall: 7.0 mi
  • Maggot Buttress: 7.1 mi
  • Hermit Haven: 7.1 mi
  • Hone Wall: 7.1 mi
Parks: 50
  • The Frost Place: 3.4 mi
  • Coffin Pond Conservation Area: 4.0 mi
  • Dow Park: 4.2 mi
  • Fox Hill Park: 4.3 mi
  • Lisbon Lions Club Community Fields: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 37
  • Chutters: 7.4 mi
  • Boise Rock: 8.2 mi
  • The Basin: 9.2 mi
  • Liberty Gorge: 10.2 mi
  • Flume Gorge & Visitor Center: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 35
Museums: 21
Historic sites: 11
  • Chase cellar hole: 6.4 mi
  • Governor Gallen Memorial: 7.1 mi
  • Bath New Hampshire: 7.6 mi
  • Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 9.8 mi
  • Rogers Rangers: 11.6 mi
Rest areas: 6
Picnic sites: 6
Artworks: 4
  • Tree Harp: 7.3 mi
  • Sunflowers: 7.4 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 7.4 mi
  • Kettle Pond State Park: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Springs: 2
  • Lac Littleton: 7.6 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 10.8 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 23.1 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Foss Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LafayetteESE 109°1,600 m9.5 mi
Mount LincolnESE 114°1,551.12 m9.8 mi
North LincolnESE 112°1,524 m9.7 mi
North LafayetteESE 107°1,519 m9.3 mi
Little Haystack MountainESE 117°1,440 m10.0 mi
South Kinsman MountainSE 142°1,320 m7.2 mi
North Kinsman MountainSE 139°1,308.5 m6.7 mi
Cannon MountainESE 119°1,244 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2119:00
June solstice05:0419:5120:35
September equinox06:3518:0918:47
December solstice07:2015:2416:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161727405362666557453422
Precip in2.62.02.63.13.74.24.64.23.64.03.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethlehem 2, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1381189431

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