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Patch Hill Conservation Area

Patch Hill Conservation Area from directly overhead

Patch Hill Conservation Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 157 m. The Pinnacle stands 511 m to the northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Patch Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 8.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Amherst Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.85362, -71.65137
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Upper Grove: 0.8 mi
  • Hartshorn Pond Park: 1.1 mi
  • Endicott Park: 1.2 mi
  • Emerson Park: 1.2 mi
  • Keyes Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Frog Rock: 6.5 mi
  • Labyrinth: 11.9 mi
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 12.1 mi
  • Barrett House: 12.4 mi
  • Hudson Speedway: 12.5 mi
Artworks
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 8.0 mi
  • City Lights: 8.5 mi
  • Commitment: 8.5 mi
  • First Friendship: 8.5 mi
  • Neitherthere (Absence as a Reality): 8.5 mi
Museums: 38
Beaches: 26
Gardens: 20
Waterfalls: 12
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Middle Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Senter Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 18.5 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 19.7 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 19.8 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 22.9 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 23.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • River Road Spring: 9.2 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 22.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Patch Hill Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The PinnacleNW 306°511 m8.8 mi
Winn MountainWNW 296°503 m9.0 mi
Lyndeborough MountainNW 305°491 m9.1 mi
Joe English HillN 355°388 m6.6 mi
Piscataquog MountainNW 310°374 m8.1 mi
Fisk HillWSW 251°369 m8.9 mi
South HillNNW 336°314 m6.1 mi
Storey HillNNW 339°307 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:29
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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797789

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