Grote Wildlife Sanctuary
Grote Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 309 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the east-southeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Wells Road Property, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 2.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 9.4 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 6.2 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 10.6 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Profiler Plaza · 4 mi
- Willey Brook Bridge Overlook · 17 mi
- Idlewilde View · 17 mi
- Pemigewasset Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wells Road Property: 0.2 mi
- Franconia Town Forest: 1.5 mi
- Lawrence Family Forest: 1.7 mi
- Herbert G. Whipple Conservation Area: 2.6 mi
- Cooley-Jericho Community Forest: 3.4 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Ore Hill: 2.2 mi
- Mittersill Peak: 2.7 mi
- Bald Peak: 3.0 mi
- Sugar Hill: 3.1 mi
- Artists Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Square Inch Wall: 3.0 mi
- Maggot Buttress: 3.1 mi
- Hermit Haven: 3.1 mi
- Hone Wall: 3.1 mi
- The Frost Place: 1.6 mi
- Fox Hill Park: 2.1 mi
- Dow Park: 2.4 mi
- Franconia Notch State Park: 3.0 mi
- Coffin Pond Conservation Area: 3.5 mi
- Bridesmaid Falls: 1.9 mi
- Bridalveil Falls: 2.4 mi
- Kinsman Flume: 2.9 mi
- Stairs Falls: 5.3 mi
- Swiftwater Falls: 5.3 mi
- Boise Rock: 4.3 mi
- The Basin: 5.8 mi
- Liberty Gorge: 7.0 mi
- Table Rock Flume Brook: 7.3 mi
- Flume Gorge & Visitor Center: 7.3 mi
- Robert Frost Museum: 1.5 mi
- Franconia Heritage Museum: 2.4 mi
- Sugar Hill Sampler: 2.6 mi
- Stone Iron Furnace Museum: 2.7 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 3.2 mi
- Governor Gallen Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Chase cellar hole: 10.2 mi
- Bath New Hampshire: 11.1 mi
- Rogers Rangers: 14.8 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 7.6 mi
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Moore Dam Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Boise Rock: 4.3 mi
- The Basin, West: 5.7 mi
- The Basin, East: 5.9 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 13.9 mi
- Liberty Spring: 7.2 mi
- Lac Littleton: 10.2 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 23.0 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 23.0 mi
- Peabody Spring: 23.7 mi
- Tree Harp: 8.0 mi
- Sunflowers: 8.1 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 8.1 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 20.9 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 22.2 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 2.8 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 19.1 mi
- Livermore: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Grote Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lafayette | ESE 113° | 1,600 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | ESE 120° | 1,551.12 m | 5.9 mi |
| North Lincoln | ESE 116° | 1,524 m | 5.7 mi |
| North Lafayette | ESE 109° | 1,519 m | 5.3 mi |
| Little Haystack Mountain | SE 125° | 1,440 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Liberty | SE 135° | 1,353 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Garfield | E 92° | 1,345 m | 6.8 mi |
| South Kinsman Mountain | S 174° | 1,320 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:50 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:24 | 16:12 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 27 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethlehem 2, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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