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Oliver Butterworth Natural Area

Oliver Butterworth Natural Area from directly overhead

Oliver Butterworth Natural Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Sandwich Mountain stands 1,215 m to the north, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Jimmy Point Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 4.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Lakes Region Conservation Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.78147, -71.51223

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Cliffs
Parks
  • Sandwich Notch Park: 3.2 mi
  • Holderness Town Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Everrett Field: 3.9 mi
  • Sunshine Park: 3.9 mi
  • Quimby Field: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 34
Waterfalls: 33
  • Lower Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Beede Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Livermore Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 26
Attractions: 24
  • The Old Country Store: 6.1 mi
  • Lucknow Mansion: 10.2 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Funspot: 11.7 mi
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 11.8 mi
Artworks: 20
  • #20 / Nova: 8.5 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 8.5 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 8.5 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 8.5 mi
  • #15 / Herons: 8.6 mi
Museums: 18
Springs: 6
  • Elliott Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 16.9 mi
  • lower falls: 20.9 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Campton Day Use Area: 8.4 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Fay Waside Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 22.3 mi
  • Hippy Hill: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Peace Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 11.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Oliver Butterworth Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandwich MountainN 5°1,215 m8.2 mi
Sandwich DomeN 5°1,206 m8.3 mi
Jennings PeakN 0°1,038 m9.0 mi
Noon PeakN 3°893 m9.6 mi
Flat MountainNNE 22°886 m9.1 mi
Black MountainN 353°830 m7.3 mi
Black Snout MountainE 89°812 m9.2 mi
Sachem PeakN 356°807 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0519:4820:32
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1815:2516:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212432445665716962493827
Precip in3.32.83.53.93.84.54.44.04.14.94.04.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meredith 3 NNE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1391281033

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