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Hosmer Wildlife Management Area

Hosmer Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Hosmer Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 574 m. Osgood Hill stands 681 m to the west-southwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 9.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
NH Dept of Fish & Game
Getting there

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Coordinates43.02546, -72.03398

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Gregg Lake Beach Park: 2.6 mi
  • Moose Brook Park: 4.2 mi
  • Hancock Common: 4.4 mi
  • Memorial Park: 4.8 mi
  • Sawyer Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
Museums: 31
Historic sites: 28
  • Washington Civil War Memorial: 10.9 mi
  • Keene Soldier's Monument: 13.9 mi
  • Gravity Foundation Monument: 14.2 mi
  • Oya Hill: 14.3 mi
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 15
Artworks: 11
  • Armillary: 8.4 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 11.1 mi
  • Pizza Wings: 13.9 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 13.9 mi
  • Johnathan Daniels: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Gleason Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Brennan Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Senter Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 17.9 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 13.9 mi
  • Frog Rock: 17.0 mi
  • Everett Dam: 19.4 mi
  • Everett Dam: 19.6 mi
  • Everett Dam: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Billings Fold: 11.9 mi
  • Black Precipice: 12.2 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 15.8 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 17.5 mi
  • Raymond Cliff: 19.2 mi
Gardens: 3
  • John Pierce Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 9.9 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 10.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Falcon Spring: 12.2 mi
  • (seasonal): 12.3 mi
  • River Road Spring: 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Hosmer Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Osgood HillWSW 239°681 m3.8 mi
Pitcher MountainNW 313°653 m7.0 mi
Hodgeman HillNW 305°626 m7.5 mi
Bald MountainSE 146°617 m0.3 mi
Skatutakee MountainS 181°609 m3.9 mi
Copeland HillNNW 328°604 m8.1 mi
Thumb MountainSSW 193°603 m3.8 mi
Fletcher HillWSW 257°595 m3.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1019:4820:32
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1715:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212432445766717062493828
Precip in3.33.23.83.73.64.54.44.13.74.93.94.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Weare 2 NE, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797407

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