Nature reserve · New Hampshire
Lempster Town Forest
Lempster Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 474 m. Summit stands 828 m to the east-northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Beckwith Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 9.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Lempster
How to reach it
Coordinates43.25297, -72.20284
- 9.7 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 9.0 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 18.0 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 24.0 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 9 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 14 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 22 mi
- Beal's Knob Vista · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Beckwith Hill: 0.3 mi
- White Birch Hill: 1.7 mi
- Graves Hill: 2.0 mi
- Coffin Hill: 2.7 mi
- Gove Hill: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Gallop Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
- Diehl Family Forest: 2.2 mi
- East Acworth Marshland: 2.2 mi
- Newport Water Department Land: 2.7 mi
- Nathaniel & Ina Thurber Memorial Forest: 3.2 mi
Parks
- Acworth Town Land: 5.1 mi
- Acworth Town Common: 5.2 mi
- Pillsbury State Park: 5.3 mi
- Pillsbury-Sunapee Corridor: 7.1 mi
- Camp Morgan: 7.2 mi
Museums: 28
- Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 5.9 mi
- Washington Historical Society: 7.7 mi
- Newport Historical Society Museum: 7.9 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 10.6 mi
- Alstead Historical Society: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 18
- State Park Beach: 9.5 mi
- Corona Beach: 10.4 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 11.4 mi
- Dewey Beach: 11.6 mi
- Croydon Town Beach: 13.9 mi
Historic sites: 16
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 10.3 mi
- naval gun: 10.6 mi
- naval gun: 10.6 mi
- civil war: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 9
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 7.8 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 14.4 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 22.4 mi
- Baseball: 22.5 mi
- Pizza Wings: 22.5 mi
Covered bridges: 9
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 15.7 mi
- Hall Bridge: 16.4 mi
- Bartonsville Covered Bridge: 16.9 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 17.6 mi
- Salmond Covered Bridge: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Pollard Mills Falls: 6.1 mi
- Gleason Falls: 14.6 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 18.0 mi
- Hidden Falls: 19.0 mi
- Sumner Falls: 23.2 mi
Gardens: 4
- Washington Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 14.4 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 15.6 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 25.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Table Rock: 14.3 mi
- Baker Ledge: 17.5 mi
- Mine Ledge: 18.8 mi
- The Bulkhead: 24.1 mi
Attractions: 3
- Green Mountain Railroad: 19.5 mi
- Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 22.4 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Wright Grove: 17.8 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 21.4 mi
Springs: 1
- (seasonal): 7.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Lempster Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit | ENE 57° | 828 m | 7.8 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | ENE 60° | 824 m | 8.0 mi |
| Lucias Lookout | ENE 76° | 756 m | 6.7 mi |
| Lovewell Mountain | ESE 116° | 751 m | 7.9 mi |
| Little Sunapee Mountain | E 84° | 734 m | 6.5 mi |
| Goves Mountain | E 86° | 721 m | 4.8 mi |
| Bean Mountain | ESE 118° | 708 m | 3.7 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | E 95° | 698 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:30 | 16:17 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Sunapee, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/47797520
Day trips start here
- Claremont · 11 mi
- New London · 16 mi
- Cornish · 17 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 17 mi
- Windsor · 18 mi
- Brownsville · 20 mi
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