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Harris Center Conservation Land

Harris Center Conservation Land from directly overhead

Harris Center Conservation Land is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 301 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Juggernaut Pond Forest, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 12 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Harris Center for Conservation Education

How to reach it

Coordinates42.96505, -72.00242

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hancock Common: 1.1 mi
  • Moose Brook Park: 1.5 mi
  • Sawyer Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
  • Bennington Town Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Gregg Lake Beach Park: 5.4 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Armillary: 5.0 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 6.6 mi
  • Pizza Wings: 14.1 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 14.1 mi
  • Johnathan Daniels: 14.2 mi
Historic sites: 38
  • New England Glassworks: 12.8 mi
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 13.2 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 13.2 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 13.2 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 13.2 mi
Museums: 28
Beaches: 16
Waterfalls: 14
  • Brennan Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Gleason Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Senter Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 15.8 mi
Attractions: 10
Cliffs: 8
  • Billings Fold: 9.0 mi
  • Black Precipice: 9.2 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 15.5 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 17.5 mi
  • Raymond Cliff: 19.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Falcon Spring: 8.9 mi
  • River Road Spring: 16.5 mi
  • (seasonal): 16.7 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 22.8 mi
Gardens: 3
  • John Pierce Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 6.4 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 15.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Harris Center Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockSW 217°965 m9.0 mi
Bald RockSW 215°790 m9.3 mi
North Pack Monadnock MountainSE 128°694 m8.8 mi
Osgood HillWNW 295°681 m5.3 mi
Crotched MountainENE 70°630 m6.9 mi
Bald MountainNNW 340°617 m4.2 mi
Skatutakee MountainW 278°609 m1.7 mi
Thumb MountainWNW 282°603 m2.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1019:4820:31
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1715:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455766716962493829
Precip in3.33.44.03.83.74.34.34.04.35.13.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Silver RCH Airpark, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1408587879

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