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Newsom Memorial Forest

Newsom Memorial Forest from directly overhead

Newsom Memorial Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 329 m. Mount Weetamoo stands 753 m to the north, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Ashland Town Beach, a park 1.5 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 1.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New England Forestry Foundation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.71006, -71.59103

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ashland Town Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Squam Lakes Boat Launch Facility: 1.6 mi
  • Hawkins Pond Boat Launch Facility: 2.2 mi
  • L. W. Packard Ballfield: 2.5 mi
  • Holderness Town Beach: 2.8 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Cliffs
Beaches: 30
Historic sites: 28
Waterfalls: 25
  • Livermore Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Beede Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Profile Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Sculptured Rocks: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 20
  • #19 / Enigmatic Dream: 5.8 mi
  • #24 / Snowy Owl: 5.8 mi
  • Lake Life Walk: 5.8 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 5.8 mi
  • #15 / Herons: 5.8 mi
Museums: 19
Attractions: 16
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Funspot: 8.7 mi
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 8.8 mi
  • Go-Karts: 10.2 mi
  • Daytona Fun Park: 10.2 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Peace Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Botanical Garden: 24.7 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 24.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Campton Day Use Area: 11.3 mi
  • Hippy Hill: 18.6 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
  • Fay Waside Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 15.1 mi
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 23.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Newsom Memorial Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WeetamooN 5°753 m9.8 mi
Campton MountainN 2°745 m9.9 mi
Campton MountainN 1°724 m9.4 mi
Mount MorganN 11°677 m6.6 mi
Mount PercivalNNE 14°674 m7.1 mi
Plymouth MountainW 269°664 m6.6 mi
Mount SquamNNE 18°661 m7.7 mi
Doublehead MountainNNE 25°645 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0519:4820:32
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1815:2616:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130425362676558463524
Precip in3.22.63.23.33.74.44.53.83.64.63.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47799073

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