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Lead Mine State Forest

Lead Mine State Forest from directly overhead

Lead Mine State Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 240 m. Mount Hight stands 1,415 m to the south-southwest, 9.2 miles off. Moose Path Trail passes 2.7 miles off.

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What to expect

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NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
Getting there

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Coordinates44.40380, -71.12230

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks: 56
  • Chester Hayes Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
  • Gorham Common: 2.8 mi
  • Moose Brook Park: 3.7 mi
  • Glenside Park: 4.8 mi
  • Moose Brook State Park: 5.1 mi
Waterfalls: 37
  • Triple Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Coosauk Fall: 7.9 mi
  • Hitchcock Fall: 8.0 mi
  • Gordon Fall: 8.5 mi
  • Salroc Fall: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 31
Cliffs: 17
Picnic sites: 16
  • P6: 5.1 mi
  • P10: 5.1 mi
  • P5: 5.2 mi
  • P9: 5.2 mi
  • P4: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 15
Museums: 13
Springs: 5
  • Peabody Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Mountain fountain: 15.5 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 5.2 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 22.9 mi
Artworks: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Greenwood Town Beach: 21.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HightSSW 195°1,415 m9.2 mi
Mount LetheSSW 198°1,397 m7.0 mi
Middle Carter MountainSSW 198°1,384 m7.3 mi
North Carter MountainSSW 199°1,359 m6.6 mi
South Carter MountainSSW 199°1,344 m8.3 mi
Mount MoriahS 186°1,234 m4.4 mi
Middle Moriah MountainS 179°1,143 m3.7 mi
Shelburne Moriah MountainSSE 162°1,135 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0119:4920:33
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1815:2016:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171928415462676557463524
Precip in3.12.52.93.53.64.24.24.03.54.93.53.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gorham AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • eastern hemlock9 obs
  • bluebead lily9 obs
  • American Toad9 obs
  • tansy8 obs
  • Eastern Teaberry8 obs
  • hobblebush8 obs
  • rock harlequin7 obs
  • partridgeberry6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/47799315

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