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Herbert G. Whipple Conservation Area

Herbert G. Whipple Conservation Area from directly overhead

Herbert G. Whipple Conservation Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 404 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the east-southeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugar Hill Sampler, a museum 0.7 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 6.8 miles off.

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Operated by
Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust
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Coordinates44.22215, -71.77603

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 60
  • Artists Bluff: 4.9 mi
  • Square Inch Wall: 5.3 mi
  • Maggot Buttress: 5.3 mi
  • Hermit Haven: 5.3 mi
  • Profile Cliff: 5.4 mi
Parks: 48
  • The Frost Place: 1.1 mi
  • Coffin Pond Conservation Area: 1.5 mi
  • Dow Park: 1.6 mi
  • Fox Hill Park: 1.8 mi
  • Franconia Notch State Park: 5.4 mi
Attractions: 39
  • Chutters: 5.8 mi
  • Boise Rock: 6.8 mi
  • The Basin: 8.4 mi
  • Liberty Gorge: 9.5 mi
  • Flume Gorge & Visitor Center: 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 38
Museums: 21
Historic sites: 12
  • Governor Gallen Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 7.2 mi
  • Chase cellar hole: 9.0 mi
  • Bath New Hampshire: 10.3 mi
  • Mine Shaft: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 6
Springs: 5
  • Lac Littleton: 7.7 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 24.4 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Tree Harp: 5.8 mi
  • Sunflowers: 5.8 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 2
Covered bridges: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Herbert G. Whipple Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LafayetteESE 123°1,600 m7.8 mi
Mount LincolnSE 128°1,551.12 m8.3 mi
North LincolnSE 125°1,524 m8.0 mi
North LafayetteESE 121°1,519 m7.5 mi
Little Haystack MountainSE 131°1,440 m8.6 mi
Mount LibertySE 138°1,353 m9.9 mi
Mount GarfieldESE 106°1,345 m8.5 mi
South Kinsman MountainSSE 164°1,320 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0419:5120:35
September equinox06:3518:0818:47
December solstice07:2015:2416:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161727405362666557453422
Precip in2.62.02.63.13.74.24.64.23.64.03.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethlehem 2, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1381189432

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