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Kennelley Forest

Kennelley Forest from directly overhead

Kennelley Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 404 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the south, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bruce Forest, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.90453, -72.11464

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Dublin Park: 0.7 mi
  • Marlborough Town Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Shattuck Park: 4.1 mi
  • Farrar Field: 5.5 mi
  • Centennial Park: 6.3 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 6.4 mi
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 6.5 mi
Museums: 33
Waterfalls: 16
  • Falls Brook Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Brennan Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 16.9 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Sunset Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 9.7 mi
Artworks: 12
  • Armillary: 2.7 mi
  • Aurora: 8.4 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 8.4 mi
  • Pizza Wings: 8.5 mi
  • Reaching: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Billings Fold: 3.0 mi
  • Black Precipice: 3.2 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 8.5 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 13.5 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 15.1 mi
Attractions: 8
Gardens: 5
  • John Pierce Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 3.0 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 18.9 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 21.6 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 23.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Falcon Spring: 3.7 mi
  • (seasonal): 20.7 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 20.9 mi
  • River Road Spring: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Kennelley Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockS 174°965 m3.0 mi
Bald RockS 174°790 m3.5 mi
Monte RosaS 179°749 m3.3 mi
Osgood HillN 8°681 m6.5 mi
Bald MountainNNE 28°617 m9.2 mi
Skatutakee MountainNE 42°609 m6.0 mi
Thumb MountainNE 35°603 m5.7 mi
Fletcher HillN 2°595 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:01
June solstice05:1019:4820:31
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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1408481210

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