Lancaster Town Forest
Lancaster Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 321 m. Mount Cabot stands 1,258 m to the east, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Bunker Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Woodland Heritage Trail passes 1.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Lancaster
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 1.7 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 1.4 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 16.7 mi off the Moose Path Trail
Overlooks nearby
- North Overlook · 4 mi
- Stark Covered Bridge · 9 mi
- Lookout Ledge · 14 mi
- Alpine Cascade · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bunker Hill: 0.9 mi
- Page Hill: 1.1 mi
- Spalding Hill: 1.8 mi
- Tug Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Beech Hill: 3.5 mi
- Robert W. Durant Natural Area: 3.7 mi
- Northumberland Watershed Forest: 5.5 mi
- Lost Nation Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Lost Nation Preserve: 6.8 mi
- David Dana Forest: 8.5 mi
- Colonel Town Recreation Park: 1.5 mi
- Soldier Park: 1.8 mi
- Weeks State Park: 3.7 mi
- Guildhall Square: 4.6 mi
- Eames Wayside Area: 5.3 mi
- Lancaster Fairgrounds: 1.8 mi
- The Yule Log Flume: 5.6 mi
- The Himalaya: 5.6 mi
- Rudolph: 5.6 mi
- Bumper Car: 5.6 mi
- Crystal Falls: 13.2 mi
- Pond Brook Falls: 15.0 mi
- Gordon Fall: 15.4 mi
- Salroc Fall: 15.6 mi
- Tama Fall: 15.6 mi
- Lancaster Historical Society: 1.9 mi
- John Wingate Weeks Historic Museum: 3.7 mi
- Jefferson Historical Museum: 7.1 mi
- Littleton Historical Museum: 17.6 mi
- Concord Museum: 17.8 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- P1: 16.9 mi
- P7: 16.9 mi
- P2: 16.9 mi
- P8: 16.9 mi
- Devils Slide: 9.6 mi
- Elephant Head: 20.9 mi
- Bugle Cliff: 21.1 mi
- Zeacliff: 22.0 mi
- Artists Bluff: 23.4 mi
- Vermont Major cross-state route: 4.0 mi
- Mine Shaft: 8.4 mi
- Camp Stark: 11.1 mi
- Camp Stark German Prisoner of War Camp: 11.1 mi
- Jarhead Motorcycle Memorial: 13.1 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 17.2 mi
- Peabody Spring: 17.3 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 17.3 mi
- Lac Littleton: 20.8 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 6.2 mi
- School House Covered Bridge: 23.2 mi
- Columbia Covered Bridge: 24.4 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 17.7 mi
- Sunflowers: 17.8 mi
- Tree Harp: 17.8 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 20.1 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Boise Rock: 25.0 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 17.9 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Lancaster Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cabot | E 87° | 1,258 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Waumbek | SE 128° | 1,221 m | 7.7 mi |
| The Bulge | E 82° | 1,197 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Starr King | SE 131° | 1,186 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Weeks | ESE 109° | 1,185 m | 8.3 mi |
| South Weeks Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,183 m | 8.5 mi |
| The Horn | E 80° | 1,168 m | 7.0 mi |
| Middle Weeks Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,128 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:20 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 19:50 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:07 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:22 | 16:10 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 16 | 26 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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