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Mitchell Hill Conservation Area

Mitchell Hill Conservation Area from directly overhead

Mitchell Hill Conservation Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Holt Peak stands 623 m to the west-northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Spaulding Brook Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Mason Conservation Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates42.77018, -71.73419

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Mason Railroad Trail: 1.9 mi
  • Myrtle Marsh Park: 3.9 mi
  • Max Cohen Memorial Grove (Town Beach): 4.0 mi
  • Taft Memorial Field: 4.0 mi
  • Brookline Ball Park: 4.3 mi
Artworks
  • Inside: 4.3 mi
  • Phoenix: 4.3 mi
  • House of Wish: 4.3 mi
  • Cuerpo Diafano: 4.3 mi
  • Communication: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Police Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Wallingford House: 6.1 mi
  • Bayley House: 6.3 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 6.3 mi
Attractions
Museums: 47
Beaches: 30
  • Silver Lake Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 10.1 mi
  • Baboosic Lake Town Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Dog Beach: 13.1 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 13.3 mi
Gardens: 26
Waterfalls: 13
  • The Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Trap Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Middle Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Upper Falls: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Old Limestone Quarry: 12.8 mi
  • Billings Fold: 20.0 mi
  • Black Precipice: 20.0 mi
  • Rattlesnake Cliff: 21.0 mi
  • Ice Fall: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Springs: 4
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 12.5 mi
  • River Road Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Mitchell Hill Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt PeakWNW 297°623 m8.6 mi
Burton PeakWNW 291°605 m8.6 mi
Temple MountainWNW 302°596 m9.1 mi
Barrett MountainW 267°561 m9.2 mi
Kidder MountainW 277°549 m7.6 mi
Wildcat HillW 277°529 m7.9 mi
Whitcomb PeakWNW 301°524 m7.9 mi
Conant HillW 277°461 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:29
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222532445463696760483828
Precip in3.43.34.24.43.74.33.63.84.25.44.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville 1 NNE, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1409936339

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