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Millicent Scott Gardner Memorial Forest

Millicent Scott Gardner Memorial Forest from directly overhead

Millicent Scott Gardner Memorial Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Abbot Hill stands 280 m to the west-northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Runnels - Wheeler Lot, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 9.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.77553, -71.58163
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
  • Green Space: 3.2 mi
  • Thornton Road Tot Lot: 3.4 mi
  • Green Space: 3.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
  • Navaho Park: 4.0 mi
Artworks
  • Latino Bus: 5.2 mi
  • Commitment: 5.3 mi
  • City Lights: 5.3 mi
  • Release: 5.3 mi
  • First Friendship: 5.3 mi
Attractions
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 5.7 mi
  • Labyrinth: 6.3 mi
  • SkyVenture: 8.3 mi
  • Hudson Speedway: 9.1 mi
  • Frog Rock: 13.0 mi
Museums: 55
  • Always Ready Engine House: 2.5 mi
  • Old Pine Hill School House: 2.7 mi
  • The Cabinet Press Printing Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Milford Historical Society: 5.4 mi
  • Nashua Historical Society: 5.8 mi
Gardens: 33
Beaches: 30
  • Silver Lake Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Dog Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Baboosic Lake Town Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 10.5 mi
  • Pelham Town Beach: 12.1 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Middle Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Upper Falls: 10.0 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 15.2 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 18.4 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.6 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 23.7 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 23.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 16.1 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 19.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Millicent Scott Gardner Memorial Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Abbot HillWNW 281°280 m8.2 mi
Prospect HillNNW 332°269 m9.4 mi
Mitchell HillW 278°266 m8.0 mi
Pole HillWSW 258°259 m8.0 mi
Whiting HillNW 306°249 m9.6 mi
Birch HillW 267°247 m2.9 mi
Boynton HillWNW 286°247 m7.0 mi
Dram Cup HillWNW 298°243 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:29
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1415:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766727062503929
Precip in3.83.33.74.03.54.33.53.94.24.83.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Milford, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/921741005

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