Lead Mine State Forest
Lead Mine State Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 219 m. Mount Hight stands 1,415 m to the south-southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Androscoggin Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Moose Path Trail passes 3.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Moose Path Trail
- 3.1 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 4.1 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 6.3 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Alpine Cascade · 5 mi
- Cold River Overlook · 9 mi
- Evans Notch Overlook · 9 mi
- Evans Notch Scenic Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Androscoggin Wildlife Management Area: 0.1 mi
- Lead Mine State Forest: 0.5 mi
- Peabody Forest: 1.1 mi
- First Mountain Forest: 1.5 mi
- Shelburne Valley Forest: 1.5 mi
- Mount Evans: 1.0 mi
- Mount Winthrop: 1.2 mi
- Stevens Point: 1.6 mi
- First Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Middle Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Chester Hayes Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Gorham Common: 3.2 mi
- Moose Brook Park: 4.2 mi
- Glenside Park: 5.2 mi
- Hutchins Street Park: 5.3 mi
- Triple Falls: 7.2 mi
- Coosauk Fall: 8.3 mi
- Hitchcock Fall: 8.4 mi
- Gordon Fall: 8.9 mi
- Salroc Fall: 9.1 mi
- ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 11.5 mi
- Mount Washington Observatory: 13.1 mi
- Moose Cave: 15.2 mi
- Ho Ho Ho H20: 18.8 mi
- Rudys Rapid Transit: 18.8 mi
- Wild River Crag: 8.5 mi
- Browns Ledge: 15.0 mi
- Lightning Ledge: 17.7 mi
- Bugle Cliff: 19.5 mi
- Elephant Head: 19.6 mi
- P6: 5.6 mi
- P10: 5.6 mi
- P5: 5.6 mi
- P9: 5.6 mi
- P4: 5.6 mi
- Ravine House Site: 8.9 mi
- Jarhead Motorcycle Memorial: 12.8 mi
- Dummer Veterans Memorial: 14.9 mi
- Bethel War Memorial: 16.0 mi
- Memorial Boulders: 17.8 mi
- Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 3.3 mi
- Moffett House Museum: 5.9 mi
- Moses Mason House Museum: 16.0 mi
- Bethel Historical Society Regional History Museum: 16.0 mi
- Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: 16.0 mi
- Peabody Spring: 11.0 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 11.7 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 11.8 mi
- Deer Hill Spring: 13.7 mi
- Mountain fountain: 15.3 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 5.5 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 23.3 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 16.0 mi
- Hannes Schneider: 24.0 mi
- Pleasant Point Town Beach: 18.6 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 21.2 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Lead Mine State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hight | SSW 198° | 1,415 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Lethe | SSW 202° | 1,397 m | 7.2 mi |
| Middle Carter Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,384 m | 7.5 mi |
| North Carter Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,359 m | 6.8 mi |
| South Carter Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,344 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Moriah | SSW 192° | 1,234 m | 4.5 mi |
| Middle Moriah Mountain | S 186° | 1,143 m | 3.7 mi |
| Shelburne Moriah Mountain | SSE 169° | 1,135 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:01 | 19:48 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:20 | 16:08 |
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 | 17 | 19 | 28 | 41 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gorham AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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