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Giles Lot Town Forest

Giles Lot Town Forest from directly overhead

Giles Lot Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Fort Mountain stands 424 m to the west, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is School Lot Town Forest - North, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Branch River Valley Trail passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Northwood
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.19133, -71.16806
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Northwood Athlectic Fields: 1.4 mi
  • Northwood Meadows State Park: 2.0 mi
  • Bow Lake Athletic Fields: 2.7 mi
  • Kelsey Mill Historic Site: 3.6 mi
  • Deerfield Parade: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Cellar Hole: 4.6 mi
  • Deerfield Parade: 4.8 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 4.8 mi
  • building ruins: 6.2 mi
  • building ruins: 6.8 mi
Museums: 57
Artworks: 35
Gardens: 21
Beaches: 20
Attractions: 19
  • Deerfield Fairgrounds: 7.4 mi
  • Mast Way Trails: 9.2 mi
  • Candia Springs Adventure Park: 9.9 mi
  • Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 10.4 mi
  • New England Dragway: 13.7 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Steeles Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Great Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Hook Island Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Devil's Den Cliff: 4.8 mi
  • Ridgeline Climbing: 4.9 mi
  • Boulder Natural: 5.0 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 5.1 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 5.1 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Rest areas: 4
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 16.5 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 23.3 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 23.6 mi
Springs: 3
Lighthouses: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Giles Lot Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort MountainW 266°424 m7.6 mi
Nottingham MountainW 262°411 m6.8 mi
Catamount MountainNW 312°403 m8.7 mi
Parker MountainN 360°401 m6.1 mi
McCoy MountainW 273°384 m8.2 mi
Evans MountainNNW 346°370 m6.3 mi
Neville PeakW 267°363 m6.8 mi
Nats MountainW 262°356 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0619:4520:29
September equinox06:3318:0618:44
December solstice07:1415:2616:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465665716962503929
Precip in2.73.03.54.13.64.04.03.84.04.73.94.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47798376

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