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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 432 m. Osgood Hill stands 681 m to the west, 2.9 miles off. Currier & Ives Trail passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Harris Center for Conservation Education
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.99221, -72.04044

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Hancock Common: 3.2 mi
  • Moose Brook Park: 3.2 mi
  • Gregg Lake Beach Park: 4.4 mi
  • Sawyer Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
  • Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
Museums: 33
Historic sites: 31
  • Keene Soldier's Monument: 12.7 mi
  • Gravity Foundation Monument: 12.9 mi
  • Washington Civil War Memorial: 13.0 mi
  • Oya Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 13.5 mi
Beaches: 16
Waterfalls: 12
  • Brennan Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Gleason Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Senter Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 15.8 mi
Artworks: 10
  • Armillary: 6.0 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 9.2 mi
  • Pizza Wings: 12.7 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 12.7 mi
  • Johnathan Daniels: 12.8 mi
Attractions: 10
Cliffs: 8
  • Billings Fold: 9.7 mi
  • Black Precipice: 10.0 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 15.4 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 15.5 mi
  • Raymond Cliff: 20.2 mi
Gardens: 3
  • John Pierce Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 7.6 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 13.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Falcon Spring: 9.9 mi
  • (seasonal): 14.5 mi
  • River Road Spring: 18.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Harris Center Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Osgood HillW 277°681 m2.9 mi
Bald MountainNNE 13°617 m2.1 mi
Skatutakee MountainS 172°609 m1.6 mi
Thumb MountainSSW 200°603 m1.5 mi
Fletcher HillWNW 293°595 m3.7 mi
Dakin HillNW 310°595 m5.9 mi
Round MountainN 349°592 m6.6 mi
Brooks HillWNW 303°586 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1019:4820:32
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, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1408595017

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