Harriman-Chandler State Forest
Harriman-Chandler State Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 524 m. Knights Hill stands 573 m to the southwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Stewarts Peak, a peak 0.2 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- NH Department of Resources & Economic Development
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 4.9 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 11.2 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 15.4 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 10 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stewarts Peak: 0.2 mi
- Mink Hills: 0.7 mi
- Chapin Hill: 0.8 mi
- Bible Hill: 1.8 mi
- Waldron Hill: 2.1 mi
- Ashendon State Forest: 1.7 mi
- Gilmore State Forest: 2.9 mi
- Watman Conservation Area: 3.3 mi
- Warner Town Forest: 3.3 mi
- Warner Town Forest: 3.7 mi
- French's Park: 2.7 mi
- Riverside Park: 3.1 mi
- School Street Park: 3.4 mi
- Warren Brook Park: 3.7 mi
- Whitman Park: 4.9 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 8.3 mi
- State Park Beach: 11.6 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 11.8 mi
- Elkins Beach: 12.0 mi
- Riverland Beach: 14.2 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 13.3 mi
- Boudreau Square: 13.6 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 3.1 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 3.2 mi
- Little Nature Museum: 9.3 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 11.0 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 12.6 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 16.8 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 16.9 mi
- Christa McAuliffe: 16.9 mi
- John Parker Hale: 16.9 mi
- Daniel Webster: 16.9 mi
- Everett Dam: 15.2 mi
- Everett Dam: 15.3 mi
- Everett Dam: 15.4 mi
- Everett Dam: 15.4 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 16.9 mi
- Gleason Falls: 8.8 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 16.5 mi
- Brennan Falls: 18.2 mi
- Profile Falls: 22.7 mi
- Senter Falls: 22.9 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 15.4 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 18.9 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Baker Ledge: 7.7 mi
- The Bulkhead: 14.8 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 14.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliff: 20.3 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 12.6 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 12.7 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 20.4 mi
- Botanical Garden: 20.4 mi
- (seasonal): 10.4 mi
- River Road Spring: 20.9 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 24.9 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 16.7 mi
- Hippy Hill: 18.7 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Harriman-Chandler State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knights Hill | SW 236° | 573 m | 4.7 mi |
| Sawyer Hill | NNE 17° | 555 m | 7.1 mi |
| Stewarts Peak | S 186° | 552 m | 0.2 mi |
| Gage Hill | N 355° | 539 m | 6.9 mi |
| Thompson Hill | SW 222° | 536 m | 6.1 mi |
| Rowes Hill | SW 233° | 525 m | 4.5 mi |
| Silver Hill | WSW 244° | 497 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mink Hills | ENE 62° | 496 m | 0.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:48 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
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 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bradford 2, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander2 obs
- spreading dogbane2 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle2 obs
- Broad-leaved helleborine2 obs
- giant ragweed2 obs
- Cucumber Root2 obs
- American Toad2 obs
- sessile bellwort2 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/47797590
Day trips start here
- New London · 13 mi
- Concord · 16 mi
- Franklin · 17 mi
- Tilton · 19 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 21 mi
- Merrimack Valley · 21 mi
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