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Jaffrey Monadnock Lot

Jaffrey Monadnock Lot from directly overhead

Jaffrey Monadnock Lot is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 828 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the north-northwest, 0.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Rock, a peak 0.3 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Town of Jaffrey
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.85737, -72.10514

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Shattuck Park: 2.3 mi
  • Centennial Park: 3.5 mi
  • Marlborough Town Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Dublin Park: 4.0 mi
  • Farrar Field: 4.0 mi
Artworks
  • Armillary: 4.0 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 8.0 mi
  • Aurora: 10.0 mi
  • Reaching: 10.0 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 10.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 4.5 mi
Museums: 33
  • Troy Historical Society: 4.6 mi
  • Troy Station: 4.6 mi
  • Mariposa Museum: 8.0 mi
  • Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 8.0 mi
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Falls Brook Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 15.2 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Ranger Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Sunset Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 15
Cliffs: 8
  • Black Precipice: 0.3 mi
  • Billings Fold: 0.4 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 7.2 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 15.7 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Noahs Ark: 2.8 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 18.4 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 20.4 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 22.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Falcon Spring: 0.6 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 17.9 mi
  • River Road Spring: 23.4 mi
  • (seasonal): 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Jaffrey Monadnock Lot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockNNW 328°965 m0.3 mi
Bald RockSSW 201°790 m0.3 mi
Monte RosaW 259°749 m0.4 mi
Skatutakee MountainNNE 24°609 m8.4 mi
Thumb MountainNNE 19°603 m8.4 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakSSW 212°579 m3.1 mi
Little Monadnock MountainSW 227°571 m7.0 mi
Gap Mountain - North PeakSW 215°561 m3.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:01
June solstice05:1119:4820:31
September equinox06:3618:1018:48
December solstice07:1715:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455766716962493829
Precip in3.33.44.03.83.74.34.34.04.35.13.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Silver RCH Airpark, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797095

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