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Litchfield State Forest

Litchfield State Forest from directly overhead

Litchfield State Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 72 m. South Uncanoonuc Mountain stands 395 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 2.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.86029, -71.45372
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Veterans Park: 0.5 mi
  • Litchfield Park at Sawmill Brook: 0.6 mi
  • Justin Bisset Memorial Baseball Complex: 1.2 mi
  • Justin Bisset Memorial Baseball Complex: 1.2 mi
  • John Bryant River Access: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 2.1 mi
  • Millennium Child: 5.6 mi
  • The Face of PSA: 6.7 mi
  • Children Reading: 6.7 mi
  • Diversity: 6.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Matthew Thornton Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Big Moose: 3.3 mi
  • Freedom Shrine: 5.6 mi
  • Brian J. McNamara: 6.5 mi
  • Major General John Gray Foster: 6.6 mi
Attractions
Museums: 52
  • Morrison House Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Aviation Museum of New Hampshire: 4.8 mi
  • Derry Museum of History: 6.5 mi
  • Nashua Historical Society: 6.5 mi
  • Old Pine Hill School House: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 24
Gardens: 20
Waterfalls: 10
  • Wildcat Falls: 2.7 mi
  • The Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Middle Falls: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 6
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 8.7 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 13.9 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 17.3 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 17.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 20.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Litchfield State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Uncanoonuc MountainNW 321°395 m10.9 mi
Chestnut HillWNW 303°265 m10.0 mi
Holbrook HillNW 316°253 m10.4 mi
Shirley HillNNW 327°247 m10.6 mi
Telford HillNW 318°220 m9.6 mi
Federal HillWSW 247°210 m9.7 mi
Walnut HillNNW 333°193 m9.4 mi
Walnut HillWNW 285°189 m7.6 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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797830

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