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Hurlburt Swamp Preserve

Hurlburt Swamp Preserve from directly overhead

Hurlburt Swamp Preserve is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 465 m. Crystal Mountain stands 988 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Collins Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancy

How to reach it

Coordinates44.99058, -71.44391

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 30
Parks: 15
  • Ethan Allen Park: 4.7 mi
  • Fletcher Park: 4.8 mi
  • Beaver Brook Falls State Wayside: 4.9 mi
  • Pittsburg Town Park: 5.1 mi
  • Connecticut River Boat Access: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Beaver Brook Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Baby Flume: 11.9 mi
  • Huntington Cascades: 12.0 mi
  • Little Hellgate: 13.5 mi
  • Garfield Falls: 16.3 mi
Historic sites: 4
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 3
  • Pittsburg Historical Society Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Don Eagle Museum: 24.2 mi
  • Island Pond, Historical Society Museum: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Back Lake Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Campers' Beach: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Flume Brook Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Cascade Brook Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Second Connecticut Lake Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Hurlburt Swamp Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crystal MountainESE 105°988 m12.0 mi
Monadnock MountainSW 217°973 m8.1 mi
Cave MountainSE 130°973 m11.4 mi
Blue RidgeESE 104°945 m9.9 mi
Sanguinary MountainSE 132°941 m10.9 mi
Mount PisgahE 88°939 m11.3 mi
Mud Pond RidgeSE 128°918 m10.2 mi
Sugar HillSE 125°910 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:1918:58
June solstice05:0019:5220:37
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:2215:1916:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F121424385160656356433220
Precip in2.72.02.52.94.04.74.34.23.44.43.13.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Colebrook 3SW, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47799384

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