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Litchfield School Conservation Area

Litchfield School Conservation Area from directly overhead

Litchfield School Conservation Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Prospect Hill stands 269 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Stage Crossing, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 2.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Litchfield Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.84565, -71.46407
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Veterans Park: 0.8 mi
  • Scott Innes Sr. Fields: 0.8 mi
  • John Bryant River Access: 0.8 mi
  • Litchfield Muster Field: 0.9 mi
  • Sklar Waterfront Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 2.1 mi
  • Millennium Child: 4.6 mi
  • The Face of PSA: 5.6 mi
  • Diversity: 5.7 mi
  • Children Reading: 5.7 mi
Attractions
Museums: 56
  • Morrison House Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Nashua Historical Society: 5.5 mi
  • Aviation Museum of New Hampshire: 5.9 mi
  • Derry Museum of History: 7.3 mi
  • Old Pine Hill School House: 7.3 mi
Gardens: 25
Beaches: 24
Waterfalls: 10
  • Wildcat Falls: 2.2 mi
  • The Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Middle Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Upper Falls: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 6
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 9.0 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 13.8 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 18.2 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 18.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 20.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • River Road Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 18.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Litchfield School Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillWNW 289°269 m10.9 mi
Chestnut HillNW 310°265 m10.1 mi
Holbrook HillNW 321°253 m10.9 mi
Birch HillWSW 241°247 m10.2 mi
Telford HillNW 324°220 m10.1 mi
Federal HillWSW 252°210 m8.9 mi
Walnut HillNNW 338°193 m10.1 mi
Walnut HillWNW 293°189 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0819:4620:29
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1415:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465867737163514030
Precip in3.43.24.34.23.94.33.73.94.04.83.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nashua 2 NNW, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1412952333

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