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Horse Hill Nature Preserve

Horse Hill Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Horse Hill Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 81 m. Joe English Hill stands 388 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 5.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Merrimack Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.83765, -71.53316
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Twardowsky Field: 1.2 mi
  • Wasserman Park: 1.2 mi
  • Green Space: 1.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Weston Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Big Moose: 1.9 mi
  • Matthew Thornton Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Amherst Civil War Monument: 5.1 mi
  • Freedom Shrine: 5.2 mi
  • Bayley House: 5.4 mi
Artworks
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 2.8 mi
  • Millennium Child: 5.3 mi
  • Diversity: 6.1 mi
  • The Face of PSA: 6.1 mi
  • Crocodilian: 6.1 mi
Attractions
  • Hudson Speedway: 6.5 mi
  • Labyrinth: 6.9 mi
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 9.0 mi
  • SkyVenture: 9.7 mi
  • Moonlight Meadery: 10.1 mi
Museums: 54
Beaches: 26
Gardens: 24
Waterfalls: 11
  • Wildcat Falls: 1.9 mi
  • The Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Middle Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 12.4 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 16.8 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 19.0 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 19.1 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 18.9 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Horse Hill Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Joe English HillNW 320°388 m10.1 mi
Roby HillNW 316°302 m8.8 mi
McCollom HillNW 307°277 m9.8 mi
Prospect HillWNW 300°269 m7.9 mi
Purgatory HillWNW 294°269 m9.3 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 329°265 m8.2 mi
Beech HillWNW 295°261 m9.8 mi
Holbrook HillNNW 340°253 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0819:4620:29
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1415:2916:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465867737163514030
Precip in3.43.24.34.23.94.33.73.94.04.83.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nashua 2 NNW, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/440111346

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