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Hemlock Drive Town Forest

Hemlock Drive Town Forest from directly overhead

Hemlock Drive Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 122 m. Fort Mountain stands 424 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Tower Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Amoskeag Millyard Scenic and Cultural Byway passes 6.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Candia Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.03412, -71.34718
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bicentennial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Circle of Fun Playground: 2.5 mi
  • Front Park: 3.1 mi
  • Massabesic Lake Park: 3.2 mi
  • Candia Town Pond and Natural Area: 3.5 mi
Attractions
  • Block Party Social: 4.4 mi
  • Candia Springs Adventure Park: 5.2 mi
  • The Amoskeag Fishways: 6.8 mi
  • Deerfield Fairgrounds: 6.9 mi
  • Moonlight Meadery: 10.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 48
Artworks: 41
  • Bear with Fish: 5.7 mi
  • Brigadier General John Stark: 6.6 mi
  • Pembroke Spartan: 9.4 mi
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 13.7 mi
  • Anchor: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 21
Waterfalls: 17
  • Steeles Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Hook Island Falls: 19.1 mi
Gardens: 15
Picnic sites: 9
Cliffs: 8
  • Boulder Natural: 10.1 mi
  • Devil's Den Cliff: 10.1 mi
  • Ridgeline Climbing: 10.2 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 10.3 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 10.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 8.3 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 8.4 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 14.9 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 20.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 21.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • River Road Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Hemlock Drive Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort MountainN 8°424 m10.5 mi
Nottingham MountainNNE 13°411 m10.2 mi
Neville PeakNNE 12°363 m10.7 mi
Nats MountainN 6°356 m9.8 mi
North Mount PawtuckawayNE 52°308 m9.6 mi
South Mount PawtuckawayENE 61°303 m9.6 mi
Middle Mount PawtuckawayENE 58°287 m9.5 mi
Hall MountainN 355°286 m4.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0719:4620:29
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:1415:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533465766716962503929
Precip in2.72.73.23.53.44.33.73.73.94.43.53.8

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1416021404

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