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Holderness Town Forest

Holderness Town Forest from directly overhead

Holderness Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 264 m. Stinson Mountain stands 878 m to the northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilote Forest, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 0.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Town of Holderness
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.75690, -71.61902

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Squam Lakes Boat Launch Facility: 2.3 mi
  • Ashland Town Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Holderness Town Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Riverside Park: 3.3 mi
  • Skate Park of Plymouth: 3.4 mi
Cliffs
Waterfalls: 30
  • Livermore Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Beede Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Lower Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Mill Brook Cascade: 11.6 mi
  • Sculptured Rocks: 12.3 mi
Beaches: 29
Historic sites: 27
Artworks: 20
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 3.4 mi
  • #19 / Enigmatic Dream: 9.1 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 9.1 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 9.1 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 9.1 mi
Attractions: 19
  • The Old Country Store: 11.1 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Funspot: 12.2 mi
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 12.2 mi
  • Go-Karts: 13.5 mi
Museums: 17
Springs: 5
  • Crystal Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 24.7 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Gardens: 3
  • Peace Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 14.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 18.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Holderness Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stinson MountainNW 304°878 m9.6 mi
Black MountainNNE 26°830 m9.9 mi
Mount IsraelNE 50°800 m9.6 mi
Mount WeetamooNNE 19°753 m6.9 mi
Campton MountainNNE 15°745 m6.8 mi
Campton MountainNNE 14°724 m6.4 mi
Dinsmore MountainNE 46°702 m8.5 mi
Tenney MountainW 262°680 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0519:4920:33
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1815:2616:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130425362676558463524
Precip in3.22.63.23.33.74.44.53.83.64.63.64.0

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47799079

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