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Michelsen Conservation Area

Michelsen Conservation Area from directly overhead

Michelsen Conservation Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 465 m. Mount Moosilauke stands 1,468 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Foster Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 2.6 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust
Getting there

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Coordinates44.15789, -71.91351

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Cliffs
  • Artists Bluff: 10.9 mi
  • Cannon Cliff: 11.2 mi
  • Square Inch Wall: 11.2 mi
  • Maggot Buttress: 11.2 mi
  • Hermit Haven: 11.2 mi
Parks: 48
  • Lisbon Lions Club Community Fields: 3.8 mi
  • Railroad Park: 6.2 mi
  • Community Field: 6.2 mi
  • Hazen Park: 7.7 mi
  • The Frost Place: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 24
  • Ogontz Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Kinsman Flume: 8.1 mi
  • Bridalveil Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Bridesmaid Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Paradise Falls: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 16
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 11
  • Bath New Hampshire: 2.6 mi
  • Chase cellar hole: 2.9 mi
  • Rogers Rangers: 6.3 mi
  • Governor Gallen Memorial: 11.4 mi
  • Bradford: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Rest areas: 6
  • Boise Rock: 11.7 mi
  • The Basin, West: 11.7 mi
  • The Basin, East: 11.8 mi
  • Littleton Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 12.0 mi
Beaches: 4
Artworks: 4
  • Tree Harp: 12.3 mi
  • Sunflowers: 12.3 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 12.4 mi
  • Kettle Pond State Park: 21.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Lac Littleton: 10.9 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 13.5 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MoosilaukeSSE 156°1,468 m10.1 mi
South PeakSSE 160°1,381 m10.8 mi
Mount BlueSSE 152°1,380 m9.9 mi
South Kinsman MountainESE 105°1,320 m9.1 mi
North Kinsman MountainE 101°1,308.5 m8.9 mi
Mount JimSSE 150°1,270 m10.6 mi
Cannon MountainE 90°1,244 m10.7 mi
Mount WaternomeeSSE 148°1,199 m11.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2219:00
June solstice05:0519:5120:35
September equinox06:3518:0918:47
December solstice07:2115:2516:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171928415362676557453424
Precip in2.42.12.73.23.43.84.44.43.54.53.53.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Benton 5 SW, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1381301431

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