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Kidder-Cleveland-Clough Trail

Kidder-Cleveland-Clough Trail from directly overhead

Kidder-Cleveland-Clough Trail is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 384 m. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the east-southeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Messer Farm, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway runs past it.

What to expect

Operated by
New London Conservation Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates43.42094, -71.98650

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Woodward Park: 0.5 mi
  • The Sargent Common: 0.6 mi
  • Pierce Park: 0.7 mi
  • Knights Hill Nature Park: 0.9 mi
  • Scytheville Park: 2.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 34
Beaches: 26
  • Bucklin Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Elkins Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Georges Mills Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Blodgett Landing Coast: 4.5 mi
  • Wadleigh State Beach: 4.7 mi
Museums: 18
  • Flanders-Osborne Museum: 5.4 mi
  • John Hay Estate at The Fells: 5.5 mi
  • Sunapee Historical Society: 5.6 mi
  • Potter Place Depot: 6.6 mi
  • Newport Historical Society Museum: 10.1 mi
Artworks: 16
Waterfalls: 11
Cliffs: 5
Attractions: 5
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 4
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • (seasonal): 15.6 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 17.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Kidder-Cleveland-Clough Trail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount KearsargeESE 112°891 m7.0 mi
Black MountainESE 119°774 m7.0 mi
Little MountainESE 114°710 m7.8 mi
Melvin HillN 353°698 m6.6 mi
Pillsbury RidgeN 356°667 m6.6 mi
Bly HillSSW 195°614 m6.0 mi
Royal Arch HillNW 325°593 m3.4 mi
Kings HillS 185°583 m3.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:0819:4920:33
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1815:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212331435564696760483727
Precip in3.33.13.74.23.94.44.43.74.25.53.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Sunapee, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1394949276

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