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Karner Blue Butterfly Easement

Karner Blue Butterfly Easement from directly overhead

Karner Blue Butterfly Easement is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 99 m. Fort Mountain stands 424 m to the east, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Keach Park, a park 0.9 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 8.0 miles off.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates43.20777, -71.49262

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Keach Park: 0.9 mi
  • Terrill Park: 1.6 mi
  • Kiwanis Waterfront Park: 1.8 mi
  • William A. Healy Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
  • Reed Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 48
Museums: 31
Beaches: 20
  • White Sands Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Catamount Pond Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Riverland Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Northwood Lake Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Sandy Point: 14.4 mi
Artworks: 16
Attractions: 12
Cliffs: 10
  • Rattlesnake Cliff: 11.6 mi
  • Raymond Cliff: 11.7 mi
  • Devil's Den Cliff: 16.5 mi
  • Ridgeline Climbing: 16.6 mi
  • Boulder Natural: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Steeles Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Senter Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Brennan Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Gleason Falls: 23.8 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Vegetable Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Botanical Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Pinkerton Memorial Garden: 23.4 mi
  • Bedrock Gardens: 24.0 mi
  • Edmond G. Thibodeau Memorial Garden: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 6.8 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 6.8 mi
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 12.8 mi
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 20.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Huckins Spring: 16.1 mi
  • River Road Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Karner Blue Butterfly Easement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort MountainE 100°424 m8.9 mi
Nottingham MountainESE 102°411 m9.8 mi
Catamount MountainENE 65°403 m11.0 mi
McCoy MountainE 94°384 m8.2 mi
Neville PeakE 99°363 m9.7 mi
Nats MountainESE 105°356 m8.7 mi
Brush HillE 94°305 m7.6 mi
Plausawa HillENE 73°304 m2.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0719:4720:30
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1615:2816:14

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, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1396703575

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