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Hunter Drive Town Forest

Hunter Drive Town Forest from directly overhead

Hunter Drive Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. North Uncanoonuc Mountain stands 401 m to the south-southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Line Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off.

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What to expect

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Town of Bow
Getting there

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Coordinates43.10072, -71.55280

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bela Brook Conservation Area: 3.6 mi
  • Bow Rotary Park: 3.9 mi
  • Lambert Park: 4.5 mi
  • Merrimack River Boat Access Facility: 4.5 mi
  • Sargent Park: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 32
Artworks: 29
Beaches: 19
  • White Sands Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Catamount Pond Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Massabesic Lake Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Riverland Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Baboosic Lake Town Beach: 15.3 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Everett Dam: 5.2 mi
  • Everett Dam: 5.2 mi
  • Everett Dam: 5.3 mi
  • Everett Dam: 5.5 mi
  • Block Party Social: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Steeles Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Senter Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Brennan Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Upper Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Middle Falls: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Rattlesnake Cliff: 3.6 mi
  • Raymond Cliff: 5.8 mi
  • Devil's Den Cliff: 18.5 mi
  • Ridgeline Climbing: 18.6 mi
  • Boulder Natural: 18.6 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Vegetable Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Edmond G. Thibodeau Memorial Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Botanical Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Pinkerton Memorial Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Litchfield Community Garden: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 2
  • River Road Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Hunter Drive Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Uncanoonuc MountainSSW 199°401 m8.0 mi
South Uncanoonuc MountainSSW 192°395 m8.3 mi
Mount WallingfordWSW 258°364 m9.4 mi
Mount DearbornWSW 254°363 m9.6 mi
Mine HillWSW 257°354 m9.8 mi
Mount WilliamW 261°335 m8.2 mi
Odiorne HillWSW 254°310 m10.3 mi
Plausawa HillNE 35°304 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:59
June solstice05:0819:4720:30
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1515:2816:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533455766717061493928
Precip in2.82.83.33.43.53.83.63.63.64.43.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Concord Asos, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1396477684

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