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Jaffrey Town Forest

Jaffrey Town Forest from directly overhead

Jaffrey Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 386 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the north-northwest, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Falcon Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Jaffrey Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.84036, -72.09113

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Shattuck Park: 2.1 mi
  • Centennial Park: 2.2 mi
  • Mountain Brook Reservoir Conservation Easement: 3.5 mi
  • Town Common: 3.8 mi
  • Howard Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 4.8 mi
Artworks
  • Armillary: 4.8 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 7.6 mi
  • Clyde II: 11.1 mi
  • Aurora: 11.2 mi
  • Reaching: 11.2 mi
Museums: 33
  • Troy Historical Society: 4.8 mi
  • Troy Station: 4.8 mi
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 7.5 mi
  • Mariposa Museum: 7.6 mi
  • Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Falls Brook Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 14.4 mi
Attractions: 18
Beaches: 15
  • Ranger Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Sunset Beach: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Black Precipice: 1.6 mi
  • Billings Fold: 1.7 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 7.5 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 11.5 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 17.0 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Noahs Ark: 3.3 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 17.4 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 22.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Falcon Spring: 0.9 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 16.5 mi
  • River Road Spring: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Jaffrey Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockNNW 329°965 m1.7 mi
Bald RockNW 320°790 m1.2 mi
Monte RosaNW 314°749 m1.6 mi
Skatutakee MountainNNE 17°609 m9.3 mi
Thumb MountainNNE 13°603 m9.3 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakWSW 238°579 m2.8 mi
Little Monadnock MountainWSW 239°571 m6.8 mi
Gap Mountain - North PeakWSW 242°561 m2.8 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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1410091184

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