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Melody Wildlife Area

Melody Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Melody Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 408 m. Smarts Mountain stands 983 m to the northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cardigan Highlands - Green Acre Woodlands, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. River Heritage Tour passes 5.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Dorchester
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.75461, -71.94737

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Cardigan Highlands - Green Acre Woodlands: 1.2 mi
  • Baker River Site #8: 1.5 mi
  • Forest Legacy Tract: 2.7 mi
  • Cross Reservation: 3.1 mi
  • Cardigan Highlands - Green Acre Woodlands: 4.5 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Sculptured Rocks Geologic Site: 5.5 mi
  • Jim Darling Natural Area: 5.7 mi
  • Everett Hobart Memorial Park: 6.2 mi
  • Plummers Ledge Natural Area: 6.4 mi
  • Crosby Mountain State Park: 6.6 mi
Cliffs
  • Slab Wall: 5.9 mi
  • Small Wall: 5.9 mi
  • Buffalo Pit: 5.9 mi
  • Northwest Territory: 6.2 mi
  • Boundary Rock: 6.2 mi
Artworks: 35
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 12.9 mi
  • The Wrecker: 16.8 mi
  • Feral Seed: 17.1 mi
  • Robert Frost: 17.2 mi
  • Foucault Pendulum: 17.3 mi
Historic sites: 34
  • Former Hall Place: 2.3 mi
  • Former Remick Place: 5.8 mi
  • Canaan Veterans' Memorial: 8.1 mi
  • The Bill Farm: 10.1 mi
  • Lyme Cannon: 11.2 mi
Beaches: 30
  • Canaan Street Lake Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Goose Pond Park Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Goose Pond Dam Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Chase Town Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Shakoma Beach: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Sculptured Rocks: 5.7 mi
  • Welton Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Elizabeth Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Waternomee Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Livermore Falls: 14.1 mi
Museums: 18
Attractions: 11
Picnic sites: 6
Covered bridges: 5
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
  • Crystal Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 14.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Smarts MountainNW 319°983 m6.5 mi
Mount CardiganSSE 167°956 m7.4 mi
FirescrewSSE 165°934 m7.1 mi
Cardigan South PeakSSE 167°865 m7.7 mi
Cardigan RimrockS 169°851 m7.9 mi
Black HillNNW 342°793 m7.8 mi
Orange MountainSSE 168°782 m8.6 mi
Crane MountainSSE 166°727 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2219:00
June solstice05:0719:5020:34
September equinox06:3618:0918:47
December solstice07:1915:2716:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130425463696760473625
Precip in2.72.33.03.43.64.14.63.93.64.73.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wentworth, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1386213786

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