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Mount Surprise Preserve

Mount Surprise Preserve from directly overhead

Mount Surprise Preserve is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 254 m. Chandler Mountain stands 1,000 m to the north, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Surprise, a peak 0.1 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 0.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Upper Saco Valley Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.08184, -71.12429

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hussey Field: 1.8 mi
  • First River Bridge Park: 1.8 mi
  • Schouler Park: 2.1 mi
  • First Church of Christ Congregational Park: 2.3 mi
  • Cathedral Ledge State Park: 2.5 mi
Waterfalls: 45
Cliffs: 30
  • Thin Air Face: 2.4 mi
  • Barber Wall: 2.5 mi
  • The Slabs: 2.9 mi
  • Echo Roof: 2.9 mi
  • South Buttress: 3.0 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Cranmore Mountain Coaster: 2.0 mi
  • Giant Swing: 2.0 mi
  • Diana's Baths - Parking: 2.0 mi
  • Roar-o-Saurus: 3.6 mi
  • Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 3.6 mi
Historic sites: 17
Beaches: 17
  • Beach Area #1: 6.0 mi
  • Beach Area #2: 6.3 mi
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 9.3 mi
  • Porridge Shore Beach: 9.6 mi
Picnic sites: 17
Museums: 13
  • MWOBs Admin Office: 1.9 mi
  • Conway Railroad Museum: 2.1 mi
  • New England Ski Museum: 2.1 mi
  • Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 5.3 mi
  • Salyards Museum: 7.1 mi
Springs: 6
  • lower falls: 7.6 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 18.5 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Hannes Schneider: 1.9 mi
  • Loon Mural: 20.7 mi
  • Bridgton and Saco River R.R.: 21.0 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Mary's Garden: 20.5 mi
  • Bridgton Community Gardens: 20.8 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Sabatis Island Rest Area: 15.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Mount Surprise Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chandler MountainN 6°1,000 m8.4 mi
Kearsarge NorthNE 42°991 m2.2 mi
North Moat MountainWSW 239°956 m5.2 mi
North DoubleheadN 357°922 m5.9 mi
Big Attitash MountainWSW 245°885 m5.8 mi
South DoubleheadN 356°870 m5.5 mi
Middle Moat MountainSW 223°840 m5.5 mi
South Moat MountainSW 218°828 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0219:4820:32
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1715:2216:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231435565706860483727
Precip in3.63.23.74.43.74.54.54.43.75.54.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Conway, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1381833736

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