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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 378 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the south-southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Thacher Memorial Forest, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 13 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Harris Center for Conservation Education

How to reach it

Coordinates42.95708, -72.02627

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Hancock Common: 2.4 mi
  • Moose Brook Park: 2.8 mi
  • Teixeira Park: 5.4 mi
  • Dublin Park: 5.5 mi
  • Sawyer Memorial Park: 5.6 mi
Artworks
  • Armillary: 3.9 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 6.7 mi
  • Pizza Wings: 12.8 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 12.8 mi
  • Aurora: 12.9 mi
Historic sites: 38
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 12.0 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 12.0 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 12.0 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 12.0 mi
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 12.1 mi
Museums: 32
Beaches: 15
Waterfalls: 15
  • Brennan Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Gleason Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Senter Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 10
Cliffs: 8
  • Billings Fold: 7.8 mi
  • Black Precipice: 8.1 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 14.3 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 16.4 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 20.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Falcon Spring: 7.9 mi
  • (seasonal): 17.0 mi
  • River Road Spring: 17.8 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 22.6 mi
Gardens: 3
  • John Pierce Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 5.4 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 15.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockSSW 212°965 m7.8 mi
Bald RockSSW 210°790 m8.2 mi
Monte RosaSSW 212°749 m8.3 mi
North Pack Monadnock MountainESE 121°694 m9.5 mi
Osgood HillNW 308°681 m4.6 mi
Crotched MountainENE 70°630 m8.2 mi
Bald MountainN 357°617 m4.5 mi
Skatutakee MountainNNW 328°609 m0.9 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, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1408589567

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