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Hitchiner Town Forest

Hitchiner Town Forest from directly overhead

Hitchiner Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 164 m. Whitcomb Peak stands 524 m to the west, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Burns Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Milford Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.80630, -71.68550
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Police Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Wallingford House: 3.8 mi
  • Bayley House: 3.9 mi
Parks
  • Keyes Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Centennial Park: 2.6 mi
  • WWII Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Endicott Park: 2.7 mi
Artworks
  • Communication: 5.3 mi
  • First Friendship: 5.3 mi
  • Neitherthere (Absence as a Reality): 5.3 mi
  • City Lights: 5.3 mi
  • House of Wish: 5.3 mi
Attractions
Museums: 40
Beaches: 29
Gardens: 23
Waterfalls: 12
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 3.8 mi
  • The Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Middle Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Senter Falls: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 19.7 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 20.1 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 23.4 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 23.5 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • River Road Spring: 12.4 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whitcomb PeakW 280°524 m9.4 mi
Winn MountainNW 319°503 m9.6 mi
Whittemore HillSW 233°418 m9.8 mi
Howard HillW 280°391 m8.4 mi
Barrett HillWSW 240°382 m7.4 mi
Piscataquog MountainNNW 332°374 m9.6 mi
Fisk HillW 273°369 m6.7 mi
Kendall LedgeWNW 285°368 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:29
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797713

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