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Haven State Forest

Haven State Forest from directly overhead

Haven State Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 378 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the west-northwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 21 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev

How to reach it

Coordinates42.83592, -72.05256

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Centennial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Shattuck Park: 1.7 mi
  • Town Common: 2.0 mi
  • Mountain Brook Reservoir Conservation Easement: 2.5 mi
  • Howard Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Armillary: 4.9 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 5.9 mi
  • Clyde II: 10.6 mi
  • Aurora: 13.0 mi
  • Reaching: 13.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 6.7 mi
Museums: 34
  • Mariposa Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Troy Historical Society: 6.7 mi
  • Troy Station: 6.7 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Sandy Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Sunset Beach: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Falls Brook Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 15.0 mi
Attractions: 18
Cliffs: 8
  • Black Precipice: 3.3 mi
  • Billings Fold: 3.4 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 9.4 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 18.7 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Noahs Ark: 3.3 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 17.5 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 21.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Falcon Spring: 2.4 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 15.3 mi
  • River Road Spring: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Haven State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockWNW 302°965 m3.3 mi
Bald RockWNW 294°790 m3.0 mi
Monte RosaWNW 294°749 m3.4 mi
Pack Monadnock MountainENE 78°692 m9.0 mi
Holt PeakE 94°623 m8.5 mi
Skatutakee MountainN 5°609 m9.2 mi
Burton PeakE 100°605 m8.3 mi
Thumb MountainN 1°603 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:01
June solstice05:1019:4820:31
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1615:3216:18

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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797128

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