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Middleton Town Forest

Middleton Town Forest from directly overhead

Middleton Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Copple Crown Mountain stands 534 m to the west-northwest, 4.7 miles off. Branch River Valley Trail passes 0.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Middleton
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.50531, -71.03177
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Jones Brook Park: 1.9 mi
  • Wakefield Ballfields: 2.2 mi
  • Middleton Park: 2.5 mi
  • King's Park: 2.7 mi
  • Garvin Park Playground: 3.4 mi
Beaches: 33
Museums: 22
Historic sites: 22
Waterfalls: 12
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Falls of Song: 20.9 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Emerald Pool Falls: 21.0 mi
  • The Cascades: 21.1 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Mount Washington Boat Terminal: 10.6 mi
  • Willowbrook Museum Village: 13.7 mi
  • Rock Tripe Boulder: 15.5 mi
  • Lucknow Mansion: 21.2 mi
  • Spring Hill: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Carbonneau Cave: 14.1 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 22.7 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 22.7 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 22.7 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 22.8 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Sanford Community Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Somersworth Community Garden: 20.2 mi
  • South Berwick Community Garden: 22.2 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 24.8 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Fairy Village: 12.3 mi
  • Frog Rock: 21.4 mi
  • Sherwood Cairn Garden: 23.0 mi
  • Snake Eyes: 23.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Huckins Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Middleton Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copple Crown MountainWNW 296°534 m4.7 mi
Moose MountainsWNW 294°527 m2.9 mi
Prospect MountainSW 228°424 m10.6 mi
Birch RidgeWSW 250°415 m5.5 mi
Caverly MountainW 275°410 m5.8 mi
Whiteface MountainNNW 339°400 m10.8 mi
Rand MountainW 279°397 m4.4 mi
Ragged MountainSW 223°394 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0419:4620:29
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1515:2416:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332445463696760483827
Precip in3.73.64.74.63.84.64.03.93.85.34.54.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sanford 2 NNW, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47798569

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