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Leighton Town Forest

Leighton Town Forest from directly overhead

Leighton Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 332 m. Belknap Mountain stands 726 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Carleton Town Forest, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 4.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Meredith Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.58214, -71.58059

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Eames Recreation and Wildlife Area: 1.4 mi
  • Hamlin-Eames-Smyth Recreation: 1.5 mi
  • Childs Park: 3.4 mi
  • Robbie Mills Sports Complex: 4.2 mi
  • Ahern State Park: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 56
Beaches: 36
  • Hermit Lake Town Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Sandborn Town Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Waukewan Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Leslie E. Roberts Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Weirs Beach: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 36
Museums: 20
Artworks: 20
  • Turitella: 6.4 mi
  • Dragon Fly: 6.5 mi
  • #10 / Dog: 6.5 mi
  • #14 / White: 6.5 mi
  • #28 / South of the Border in Koyoto: 6.5 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Profile Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Livermore Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Welton Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Sculptured Rocks: 16.2 mi
  • Elizabeth Falls: 16.4 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 5.5 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Funspot: 5.6 mi
  • Go-Karts: 6.6 mi
  • Bumper Boats: 6.6 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Peace Garden: 13.5 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Botanical Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 16.1 mi
  • Garden at Tracy Library: 23.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 6.3 mi
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 14.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Hippy Hill: 14.7 mi
  • Campton Day Use Area: 20.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Leighton Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Belknap MountainESE 113°726 m11.5 mi
Gunstock MountainESE 111°674 m10.8 mi
Plymouth MountainNW 321°664 m11.3 mi
Hersey MountainWSW 255°608 m4.0 mi
Dickinson HillWSW 247°579 m11.3 mi
Peaked HillNW 309°575 m7.6 mi
Bristol PeakWNW 300°547 m7.0 mi
Page HillWSW 249°516 m10.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0619:4820:32
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1715:2616:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332445666717062503928
Precip in3.12.93.43.63.54.44.63.93.84.83.73.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakeport 2, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1391263036

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