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Leslie C. Bockes Memorial Forest

Leslie C. Bockes Memorial Forest from directly overhead

Leslie C. Bockes Memorial Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 87 m. Warner Hill stands 182 m to the northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Ingersoll Family Trust Conservation Easement, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 2.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Society for the Prot. of NH Forests
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.80418, -71.36216

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Nashua Road Fields: 2.4 mi
  • Elmer G. Raymond Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
  • Tokanel Field: 3.2 mi
  • Rogers Fields: 3.2 mi
  • Greeley Park: 3.3 mi
Attractions
  • Hudson Speedway: 2.5 mi
  • Taylor's Bingo Hall: 4.1 mi
  • Moonlight Meadery: 5.1 mi
  • Da Vinci's Dream: 5.6 mi
  • Over The Rainbow: 5.7 mi
Museums
  • Windham Town Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Morrison House Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Derry Museum of History: 5.5 mi
  • Nashua Historical Society: 6.0 mi
  • Salem Transportation Museum: 6.9 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Edmond G. Thibodeau Memorial Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Nashua Garden Club: 5.5 mi
  • Litchfield Community Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Gate City Community Gardens: 6.5 mi
  • Pinkerton Memorial Garden: 6.7 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 23
Waterfalls: 11
  • Wildcat Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 12.6 mi
  • The Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Middle Falls: 18.4 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 4.0 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 7.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 15.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 17.8 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Mystery Spring: 15.7 mi
  • River Road Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 24.1 mi
  • Rail Spring: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Leslie C. Bockes Memorial Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Warner HillNE 41°182 m7.4 mi
Jeremy HillS 177°171 m3.9 mi
Hubbard HillNE 43°155 m8.0 mi
Ryan HillNE 43°153 m5.2 mi
Bush HillS 191°152 m3.7 mi
Moore HillNNE 32°152 m9.2 mi
Barrett HillSW 230°148 m2.0 mi
Jennys HillENE 77°145 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0819:4520:28
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:1415:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232534465767727163503929
Precip in3.33.24.24.13.64.23.33.83.74.73.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hudson 1 SSE, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/84829621

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