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McLane Dam Land

McLane Dam Land from directly overhead

McLane Dam Land is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Joe English Hill stands 388 m to the north, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is The Cabinet Press Printing Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Milford Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.83481, -71.64314
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Union Square: 0.3 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 0.3 mi
  • WWII Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Emerson Park: 0.4 mi
  • Centennial Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Police Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Amherst Civil War Monument: 2.2 mi
  • Bayley House: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
  • City Lights: 7.3 mi
  • Commitment: 7.3 mi
  • First Friendship: 7.3 mi
  • Neitherthere (Absence as a Reality): 7.3 mi
  • Release: 7.3 mi
Attractions
  • Frog Rock: 7.9 mi
  • Labyrinth: 10.8 mi
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 10.8 mi
  • Hudson Speedway: 11.9 mi
  • Barrett House: 12.1 mi
Museums: 44
Beaches: 28
Gardens: 23
Waterfalls: 12
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Middle Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Upper Falls: 4.9 mi
  • The Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 18.0 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 20.7 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 20.8 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.9 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 22.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • River Road Spring: 10.5 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of McLane Dam Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Joe English HillN 353°388 m7.9 mi
Piscataquog MountainNW 315°374 m9.3 mi
Fisk HillW 260°369 m9.0 mi
Wilson HillW 268°347 m9.6 mi
South HillNNW 337°314 m7.5 mi
Merriam HillSW 231°313 m9.6 mi
Storey HillNNW 339°307 m7.0 mi
Stimson HillWNW 302°303 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:29
September equinox06:3418:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766726961493929
Precip in3.03.03.84.13.44.03.73.74.04.93.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/627466655

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