Fox State Forest
Fox State Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Lightning Hill stands 582 m to the west-southwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Peaked Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 1.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 8.4 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 8.9 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 21.7 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 14 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Peaked Hill: 0.8 mi
- Bible Hill: 0.9 mi
- Monroe Hill: 1.2 mi
- Kimball Hill: 1.7 mi
- Bear Hill: 3.0 mi
- The Cottrell Place: 1.2 mi
- Knapton Lot: 1.9 mi
- Gleason Falls: 2.1 mi
- Young Forest: 2.9 mi
- Chute Forest: 3.0 mi
- Beards Brook Park: 1.4 mi
- Butler Park: 1.8 mi
- Millworkers Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
- Kemp Park: 1.9 mi
- Grimes Field: 2.0 mi
- Washington Historical Society: 9.4 mi
- Weare Historical Society: 9.8 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 11.1 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 11.1 mi
- Little Nature Museum: 12.8 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 13.2 mi
- Clifford Nyquist Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Burnham School (historical): 15.8 mi
- Goffstown Public Library: 17.8 mi
- Armillary: 17.6 mi
- Cultural Cocoon: 18.0 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 19.6 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 19.6 mi
- Christa McAuliffe: 19.6 mi
- Campers Beach: 12.4 mi
- Picnickers Beach: 12.5 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 15.5 mi
- Sunset Beach: 15.9 mi
- State Park Beach: 16.1 mi
- Gleason Falls: 2.1 mi
- Brennan Falls: 10.8 mi
- Senter Falls: 16.4 mi
- Bonner Falls: 16.9 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 19.1 mi
- Everett Dam: 13.2 mi
- Everett Dam: 13.4 mi
- Everett Dam: 13.4 mi
- Everett Dam: 13.4 mi
- Frog Rock: 17.1 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 12.8 mi
- Baker Ledge: 15.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliff: 18.1 mi
- Billings Fold: 21.4 mi
- Black Precipice: 21.7 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 17.5 mi
- Noahs Ark: 19.0 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 19.5 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 24.7 mi
- (seasonal): 8.6 mi
- River Road Spring: 16.0 mi
- Falcon Spring: 21.5 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 8.3 mi
- Wright Grove: 22.3 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Fox State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning Hill | WSW 249° | 582 m | 7.6 mi |
| Knights Hill | NNW 345° | 573 m | 5.6 mi |
| Avery Ledge | NW 314° | 570 m | 8.3 mi |
| Stewarts Peak | NNE 17° | 552 m | 8.3 mi |
| Thompson Hill | NNW 336° | 536 m | 3.9 mi |
| Tuttle Hill | SW 222° | 535 m | 7.0 mi |
| Rowes Hill | NNW 347° | 525 m | 5.5 mi |
| Nancy Mountain | WSW 253° | 523 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:48 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Weare 2 NE, 8 mi away.
- American Toad19 obs
- tamarack14 obs
- eastern white pine13 obs
- trailing arbutus13 obs
- Eastern Newt11 obs
- Hickory Tussock Moth9 obs
- swamp loosestrife9 obs
- sheep laurel8 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/47797440
Day trips start here
- Concord · 19 mi
- New London · 19 mi
- Merrimack Valley · 20 mi
- Hooksett · 23 mi
- Amherst · 24 mi
- Bedford · 24 mi
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