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North Wah Lum Reserve

North Wah Lum Reserve from directly overhead

North Wah Lum Reserve is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. North Pack Monadnock Mountain stands 694 m to the west, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Nadeau Forest, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 6.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mont Vernon Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.88309, -71.70152
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Carleton Pond Park: 1.8 mi
  • Curtiss Dogwood Natural Area: 2.2 mi
  • Hartshorn Pond Park: 2.2 mi
  • Upper Grove: 2.6 mi
  • Carnival Hill Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 10.5 mi
  • Communication: 10.7 mi
  • First Friendship: 10.7 mi
  • Neitherthere (Absence as a Reality): 10.7 mi
  • City Lights: 10.7 mi
Museums: 35
Beaches: 25
Gardens: 15
Waterfalls: 12
  • Middle Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Senter Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 7.2 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 19.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of North Wah Lum Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Pack Monadnock MountainW 271°694 m8.3 mi
Pack Monadnock MountainW 261°692 m9.1 mi
Rose MountainWNW 303°523 m6.2 mi
The PinnacleNW 304°511 m5.5 mi
Winn MountainWNW 289°503 m5.8 mi
Lyndeborough MountainWNW 302°491 m5.8 mi
North Uncanoonuc MountainNNE 33°401 m8.9 mi
South Uncanoonuc MountainNE 40°395 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4720:30
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766726961493929
Precip in3.03.03.84.13.44.03.73.74.04.93.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1413178765

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