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Grant State Forest

Grant State Forest from directly overhead

Grant State Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 310 m. Gap Mountain - South Peak stands 579 m to the north-northeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Grant Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.72922, -72.20464

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Eliza Ballou Monument: 2.1 mi
  • Royalston Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Cheshire Railroad Depot Monument: 6.7 mi
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 6.8 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 6.8 mi
Parks
Museums: 32
  • Royalston Post Office: 4.0 mi
  • Royalston Historical Society: 4.0 mi
  • Troy Station: 6.7 mi
  • Troy Historical Society: 6.7 mi
  • The Warwick Historical Society and Museum: 7.5 mi
Attractions: 29
  • Stone Bridge: 2.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 12.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 12.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 12.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • Jacob Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 6.4 mi
  • Black Precipice: 10.1 mi
  • Billings Fold: 10.3 mi
  • Table Rock: 12.7 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 2.7 mi
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 3.0 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 8.5 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Royalston Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 6.1 mi
Artworks: 13
  • South Royalston Chicken: 7.4 mi
  • Clyde II: 8.3 mi
  • Reaching: 14.1 mi
  • Aurora: 14.1 mi
  • Armillary: 14.2 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 12.9 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 14.3 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 15.3 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 10.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 16.2 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gap Mountain - South PeakNNE 29°579 m7.1 mi
Little Monadnock MountainN 359°571 m4.1 mi
Gap Mountain - North PeakNNE 27°561 m7.2 mi
Mount GraceWSW 251°491 m8.1 mi
The PinnacleNNE 33°467 m4.5 mi
Grassy HillNNW 329°446 m3.3 mi
Bennetts KnobWSW 252°444 m7.8 mi
Brennan HillN 350°433 m7.1 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 solstice07:1715:3316:19

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Newt14 obs
  • White-tailed Deer11 obs
  • eastern hemlock7 obs
  • striped maple6 obs
  • American beech6 obs
  • alder buckthorn6 obs
  • American Beaver5 obs
  • yellow birch5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/47797076

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