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New Ipswich Town Forest

New Ipswich Town Forest from directly overhead

New Ipswich Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 490 m. Pack Monadnock Mountain stands 692 m to the north-northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is New Ipswich Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New Ipswich Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.74965, -71.90986

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
  • Wellington Park: 4.0 mi
  • Wellington Park: 4.1 mi
  • Taft Memorial Field: 5.0 mi
  • Rindge Veteran's Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 7.8 mi
  • Clyde II: 8.7 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 9.1 mi
  • Phoenix: 12.1 mi
  • Prima Del Bacio (Before The Kiss): 12.1 mi
Museums: 36
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Ashby Historical Society: 6.7 mi
  • Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 7.8 mi
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 8.5 mi
  • Mariposa Museum: 9.0 mi
Beaches: 25
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 5.5 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 6.1 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 24
Waterfalls: 16
  • Trap Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Middle Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Upper Falls: 14.0 mi
Gardens: 15
  • Noahs Ark: 12.1 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 12.6 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 12.6 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 3
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 11.8 mi
  • River Road Spring: 20.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 19.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of New Ipswich Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pack Monadnock MountainNNE 12°692 m7.9 mi
Holt PeakNNE 13°623 m5.5 mi
Burton PeakN 11°605 m4.6 mi
Temple MountainN 11°596 m6.4 mi
New Ipswich MountainSW 229°563 m0.4 mi
Barrett MountainNNW 343°561 m0.9 mi
Mount WataticSSE 166°555 m3.8 mi
Pratt MountainSSW 202°551 m1.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1019:4720:30
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1615:3116:17

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1409919035

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