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Moultonborough Falls Conservation Area

Moultonborough Falls Conservation Area from directly overhead

Moultonborough Falls Conservation Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. Mount Shaw stands 911 m to the east, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Loon Center, a museum 0.8 miles away. Lakes Region Tour runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Moultonborough Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.74198, -71.40456

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • James D. Sutherland Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Kraine Meadow Park: 1.7 mi
  • State's Landing: 1.9 mi
  • Center Harbor Town Beach & Playground: 3.7 mi
  • Castle in the Clouds: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Cliffs
Beaches: 42
Historic sites: 29
Waterfalls: 21
  • Roaring Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Twin Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Whittier Falls: 4.3 mi
  • The Cascades: 4.4 mi
  • Emerald Pool Falls: 4.4 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Frog Rock: 3.4 mi
  • #20 / Nova: 7.4 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 7.4 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 7.4 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 7.4 mi
Museums: 16
Attractions: 16
  • The Old Country Store: 1.0 mi
  • Lucknow Mansion: 4.2 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Funspot: 9.6 mi
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 9.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Elliott Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 19.5 mi
  • lower falls: 20.4 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 21.3 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Peace Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Campton Day Use Area: 14.2 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Moultonborough Falls Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ShawE 89°911 m6.5 mi
Black SnoutE 93°854 m6.6 mi
Faraway MountainENE 74°848 m4.8 mi
Black Snout MountainNE 53°812 m4.7 mi
Mount IsraelNNW 335°800 m7.9 mi
Mount RobertsENE 76°782 m4.0 mi
Bald MountainENE 59°742 m8.0 mi
Mount FlaggE 89°728 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0519:4820:32
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:1715:2516:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212432445665716962493827
Precip in3.32.83.53.93.84.54.44.04.14.94.04.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meredith 3 NNE, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1098023702

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