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Great Brook Conservation Land

Great Brook Conservation Land from directly overhead

Great Brook Conservation Land is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 88 m. Whitcomb Peak stands 524 m to the west, 9.2 miles off. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Milford Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.81472, -71.68867
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Keyes Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
  • Centennial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 2.4 mi
  • WWII Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Endicott Park: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Police Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Wallingford House: 4.2 mi
  • Bayley House: 4.3 mi
Artworks
  • Communication: 5.9 mi
  • First Friendship: 5.9 mi
  • Neitherthere (Absence as a Reality): 5.9 mi
  • City Lights: 5.9 mi
  • House of Wish: 5.9 mi
Attractions
Museums: 40
Beaches: 29
Gardens: 23
Waterfalls: 12
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Middle Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Upper Falls: 5.1 mi
  • The Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Senter Falls: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 20.3 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 20.3 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 23.0 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 23.1 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 24.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • River Road Spring: 11.8 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Great Brook Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whitcomb PeakW 276°524 m9.2 mi
The PinnacleNW 326°511 m9.4 mi
Winn MountainNW 317°503 m9.1 mi
Howard HillW 276°391 m8.2 mi
Joe English HillN 8°388 m9.3 mi
Barrett HillSW 236°382 m7.6 mi
Piscataquog MountainNNW 332°374 m9.0 mi
Fisk HillW 268°369 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:29
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766726961493929
Precip in3.03.03.84.13.44.03.73.74.04.93.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797784

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