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Merriam Woods

Merriam Woods from directly overhead

Merriam Woods is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 310 m. Mount Moosilauke stands 1,468 m to the west-northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is The Imaginarium, a cliff less than a tenth of a mile away. River Heritage Tour passes 0.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Town of Woodstock
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.99381, -71.66403

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
  • The Imaginarium: 0.0 mi
  • Welcome Wall: 0.1 mi
  • Nook: 0.2 mi
  • Forest Gardens: 0.2 mi
  • Road House: 0.2 mi
Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 46
  • Mill Brook Cascade: 5.2 mi
  • Dusk Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Georgiana Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Gordon Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Harvard Falls: 6.0 mi
Artworks: 23
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 16.4 mi
  • Tree Harp: 22.2 mi
  • Sunflowers: 22.3 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 22.3 mi
  • #20 / Nova: 24.6 mi
Historic sites: 21
Attractions: 19
  • Alpine Adventures Outdoor Recreation: 3.2 mi
  • Ice Castles: 3.4 mi
  • Lost River Gorge & Boulder Caves: 6.7 mi
  • Flume Gorge & Visitor Center: 7.2 mi
  • Table Rock Flume Brook: 7.3 mi
Museums: 17
Beaches: 9
Picnic sites: 8
  • Fay Waside Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
  • Campton Day Use Area: 8.7 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
  • Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 17.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Liberty Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 17.3 mi
  • lower falls: 20.9 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 24.2 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Peace Garden: 16.1 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Merriam Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MoosilaukeWNW 284°1,468 m8.6 mi
South PeakW 278°1,381 m8.9 mi
Mount BlueWNW 288°1,380 m8.2 mi
Mount LibertyN 7°1,353 m8.5 mi
Mount FlumeNNE 13°1,316 m8.1 mi
Mount OsceolaE 85°1,315 m6.4 mi
Middle PeakE 83°1,280 m6.1 mi
Mount JimWNW 287°1,270 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0519:5020:34
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1915:2516:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029425463686659473626
Precip in3.43.03.45.24.24.86.03.93.85.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Nepp, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47799232

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