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Miriam Hunt Memorial Forest

Miriam Hunt Memorial Forest from directly overhead

Miriam Hunt Memorial Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 338 m. Holt Peak stands 623 m to the northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Rindge Historcal Museum, a museum 0.7 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Rindge Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.74631, -71.99415

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Ridge Common: 0.8 mi
  • Wellington Park: 0.9 mi
  • Rindge Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Wellington Park: 0.9 mi
  • Humiston Park: 4.3 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Clyde II: 5.4 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 8.6 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 9.3 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 11.2 mi
  • Armillary: 11.6 mi
Museums: 33
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 5.3 mi
  • Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 8.8 mi
  • Mariposa Museum: 9.3 mi
  • Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 24
Beaches: 21
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 4.6 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 5.1 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Spirit Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Trap Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 11
  • Noahs Ark: 10.1 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 11.6 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 3
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 9.0 mi
  • River Road Spring: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Miriam Hunt Memorial Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt PeakNE 45°623 m7.9 mi
Burton PeakNE 47°605 m7.0 mi
Temple MountainNE 40°596 m8.5 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakNW 305°579 m8.8 mi
New Ipswich MountainE 91°563 m3.9 mi
Barrett MountainENE 75°561 m4.2 mi
Mount WataticESE 124°555 m6.2 mi
Pratt MountainESE 104°551 m3.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1119:4720:30
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1615:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665706860493828
Precip in3.03.03.93.83.64.54.03.94.34.83.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Muni AP Silver RCH, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1409584614

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