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Lawrence Family Forest

Lawrence Family Forest from directly overhead

Lawrence Family Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 301 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the southeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Franconia Town Forest, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 2.4 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates44.21371, -71.73311

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Cliffs: 60
  • Artists Bluff: 3.0 mi
  • Square Inch Wall: 3.3 mi
  • Maggot Buttress: 3.3 mi
  • Hermit Haven: 3.4 mi
  • Profile Cliff: 3.4 mi
Parks: 45
  • Fox Hill Park: 0.7 mi
  • Dow Park: 1.0 mi
  • The Frost Place: 1.2 mi
  • Coffin Pond Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
  • Franconia Notch State Park: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 44
Attractions: 39
  • Boise Rock: 5.0 mi
  • Chutters: 6.7 mi
  • The Basin: 6.9 mi
  • Liberty Gorge: 8.1 mi
  • Table Rock Flume Brook: 8.4 mi
Museums: 20
Historic sites: 13
  • Governor Gallen Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Chase cellar hole: 11.0 mi
  • Bath New Hampshire: 12.1 mi
  • Mine Shaft: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Rest areas: 6
Springs: 5
  • Liberty Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 9.5 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 22.5 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Tree Harp: 6.7 mi
  • Sunflowers: 6.7 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 6.8 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 20.5 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 21.8 mi
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Lawrence Family Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LafayetteSE 130°1,600 m5.7 mi
Mount LincolnSE 136°1,551.12 m6.3 mi
North LincolnSE 133°1,524 m6.0 mi
North LafayetteSE 127°1,519 m5.4 mi
South Twin MountainESE 101°1,491 m9.0 mi
North Twin MountainE 95°1,452 m8.7 mi
Little Haystack MountainSE 139°1,440 m6.7 mi
Mount LibertySSE 146°1,353 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0419:5020:35
September equinox06:3518:0818:46
December solstice07:2015:2416:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161727405362666557453422
Precip in2.62.02.63.13.74.24.64.23.64.03.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethlehem 2, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1381297696

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