Lower Shaker Wildlife Management Area
Lower Shaker Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 337 m. Grantham Mountain stands 800 m to the south-southwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Enfield Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 7.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 10.9 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 13.8 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 19.3 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Indian Ridge · 7 mi
- Norman Overlook · 8 mi
- Balch Hill · 8 mi
- Sunset Viewing Spot · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Enfield Wildlife Management Area: 0.5 mi
- Enfield Wildlife Management Area: 0.8 mi
- Petryk Woodland Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Mill Road Floodplain Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Lebrun Meadow: 2.3 mi
- Shaker Recreation Park: 0.7 mi
- Mascoma Lakeside Park: 1.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- Huse Park: 1.8 mi
- Fellows Hill: 2.4 mi
- Shaker Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Shaker Hill: 1.9 mi
- Montcalm Hill: 2.7 mi
- Methodist Hill: 2.7 mi
- Bass Hill: 2.8 mi
- Bouldering: 6.0 mi
- Holt's Ledge: 11.3 mi
- Winslow Ledge: 11.5 mi
- The Ledges: 18.5 mi
- Slab Wall: 19.9 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 2.1 mi
- Cummings Dam: 5.0 mi
- Pest House: 5.1 mi
- The Bill Farm: 5.7 mi
- King's Highway: 6.8 mi
- Shakoma Beach: 0.7 mi
- Goose Pond Dam Beach: 5.7 mi
- North Cove Beach: 6.3 mi
- Canaan Street Lake Beach: 6.6 mi
- West Cove B Beach: 6.7 mi
- Shaker Museum: 0.6 mi
- Canaan Historical Museum: 6.6 mi
- Main Street Museum: 8.3 mi
- Hood Museum of Art: 8.5 mi
- Montshire Museum of Science: 9.2 mi
- The Wrecker: 5.6 mi
- Refuge: 8.5 mi
- Dartmouth Panels: 8.5 mi
- Perdido: 8.6 mi
- Fountain Figure: 8.6 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 2.2 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 2.2 mi
- Sumner Falls: 11.8 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 13.2 mi
- The Chutes: 14.3 mi
- Tipping Rock: 5.9 mi
- Lyman Point: 8.1 mi
- Train: Boston & Maine Engine 494: 8.2 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 9.7 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 11.3 mi
- Willard Twin Covered Bridge: 9.8 mi
- Union Village Covered Bridge: 12.6 mi
- Sayre Bridge: 15.4 mi
- Edgell Covered Bridge: 17.1 mi
- Middle Covered Bridge: 18.1 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Life Sciences Greenhouse: 8.8 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 16.7 mi
- South Royalton Community Garden: 22.5 mi
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Area 1: 13.8 mi
- Area 2: 14.2 mi
- Hippy Hill: 16.2 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 9.5 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 10.9 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center - Sharon: 15.3 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Lower Shaker Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grantham Mountain | SSW 195° | 800 m | 8.6 mi |
| North Peak | N 6° | 702 m | 7.9 mi |
| South Peak | N 5° | 693 m | 6.9 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSE 153° | 641 m | 3.5 mi |
| Stowell Hill | SSW 204° | 620 m | 8.8 mi |
| Snow Mountain | SSW 199° | 570 m | 3.7 mi |
| Prescott Hill | SE 124° | 568 m | 8.8 mi |
| Methodist Hill | SSW 213° | 552 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:50 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:28 | 16:15 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 44 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lebanon Muni AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/47798906
Day trips start here
- Lebanon · 5 mi
- White River Junction · 8 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 9 mi
- Hanover · 9 mi
- Norwich · 10 mi
- Orange · 10 mi
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