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Havinga Woods

Havinga Woods from directly overhead

Havinga Woods is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. Rose Mountain stands 523 m to the west-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mont Vernon Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.89793, -71.66640
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Carleton Pond Park: 0.3 mi
  • Upper Grove: 2.4 mi
  • Hartshorn Pond Park: 2.4 mi
  • Civil War Common: 3.1 mi
  • Beaver Brook Park: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Frog Rock: 3.7 mi
  • The Amoskeag Fishways: 12.1 mi
  • Everett Dam: 13.5 mi
  • Everett Dam: 13.5 mi
  • Everett Dam: 13.5 mi
Artworks
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 8.9 mi
  • City Lights: 11.6 mi
  • First Friendship: 11.6 mi
  • Neitherthere (Absence as a Reality): 11.6 mi
  • Commitment: 11.6 mi
Museums: 36
Beaches: 26
Gardens: 16
Waterfalls: 11
  • Upper Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Middle Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Senter Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 6.0 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Havinga Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rose MountainWNW 289°523 m7.4 mi
The PinnacleWNW 288°511 m6.7 mi
Winn MountainW 277°503 m7.4 mi
Lyndeborough MountainWNW 287°491 m7.0 mi
North Uncanoonuc MountainNNE 26°401 m7.1 mi
South Uncanoonuc MountainNE 34°395 m7.1 mi
Joe English HillN 3°388 m3.5 mi
Piscataquog MountainWNW 292°374 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:30
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766726961493929
Precip in3.03.03.84.13.44.03.73.74.04.93.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1413178766

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