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Norway Pond Nature Preserve

Norway Pond Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Norway Pond Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 253 m. North Pack Monadnock Mountain stands 694 m to the southeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Moose Brook Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Hancock
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.97790, -71.98545

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Moose Brook Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hancock Common: 0.4 mi
  • Sawyer Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
  • Bennington Town Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Memorial Park: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
  • Armillary: 6.3 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 7.2 mi
  • Pizza Wings: 15.1 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 15.1 mi
  • Johnathan Daniels: 15.2 mi
Historic sites: 33
  • Clifford Nyquist Memorial: 12.8 mi
  • New England Glassworks: 13.3 mi
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 14.5 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 14.5 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 14.5 mi
Museums: 28
  • Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 7.1 mi
  • Mariposa Museum: 7.2 mi
  • Troy Historical Society: 14.6 mi
  • Troy Station: 14.6 mi
  • Washington Historical Society: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 16
Waterfalls: 12
  • Brennan Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Gleason Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Senter Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 15.4 mi
Attractions: 10
Cliffs: 7
  • Billings Fold: 10.2 mi
  • Black Precipice: 10.5 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 16.8 mi
  • Raymond Cliff: 18.1 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 18.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Falcon Spring: 10.2 mi
  • River Road Spring: 15.6 mi
  • (seasonal): 16.0 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Gardens: 3
  • John Pierce Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 7.6 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 14.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Norway Pond Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Pack Monadnock MountainSE 136°694 m8.8 mi
Osgood HillWNW 284°681 m5.8 mi
Crotched MountainENE 76°630 m5.8 mi
Bald MountainNW 323°617 m3.8 mi
Skatutakee MountainWSW 256°609 m2.6 mi
Thumb MountainW 263°603 m3.3 mi
Fletcher HillWNW 291°595 m6.7 mi
Dakin HillWNW 303°595 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1019:4820:31
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1715:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455766716962493829
Precip in3.33.44.03.83.74.34.34.04.35.13.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Silver RCH Airpark, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797368

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