Percy State Forest
Percy State Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 337 m. Mount Cabot stands 1,258 m to the south, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Dickey Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Woodland Heritage Trail passes 0.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 7.4 mi off the Moose Path Trail
- 5.8 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 12.5 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Stark Covered Bridge · 1 mi
- North Overlook · 14 mi
- Alpine Cascade · 16 mi
- Dixville Notch Wildlife Viewing Area · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dickey Hill: 0.6 mi
- Potters Ledge: 1.6 mi
- Victor Head: 1.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Mill Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Devil's Slide State Forest: 1.3 mi
- Upper Ammonoosuc River Wildlife Management Area: 3.6 mi
- Ammonoosuc River State Forest: 3.9 mi
- Lost Nation Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Lost Nation Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Eames Wayside Area: 7.5 mi
- Guildhall Square: 8.8 mi
- Milan Hill State Park: 9.4 mi
- Milan Town Park: 11.2 mi
- Colonel Town Recreation Park: 12.2 mi
- Lancaster Fairgrounds: 11.4 mi
- Rudolph: 14.3 mi
- play structure: 14.3 mi
- Hot Shots Fire Brigade: 14.3 mi
- Rudys Rapid Transit: 14.3 mi
- Crystal Falls: 3.5 mi
- Pond Brook Falls: 5.9 mi
- Huntington Cascades: 17.1 mi
- Baby Flume: 17.4 mi
- Gordon Fall: 18.3 mi
- Cascade Brook Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Flume Brook Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- P7: 17.4 mi
- P8: 17.5 mi
- P9: 17.5 mi
- Camp Stark German Prisoner of War Camp: 0.7 mi
- Camp Stark: 0.7 mi
- Dummer Veterans Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Vermont Major cross-state route: 14.3 mi
- The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel: 17.8 mi
- Lancaster Historical Society: 12.2 mi
- John Wingate Weeks Historic Museum: 14.5 mi
- Jefferson Historical Museum: 14.8 mi
- Moffett House Museum: 14.9 mi
- Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 19.6 mi
- Mountain fountain: 19.9 mi
- Peabody Spring: 21.6 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 21.9 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 22.0 mi
- Devils Slide: 1.2 mi
- Alice Ledge: 24.4 mi
- Linda Ledge: 24.9 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 15.3 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 16.7 mi
- Columbia Covered Bridge: 17.6 mi
- Hand-On-The-Rock: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Percy State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cabot | S 185° | 1,258 m | 8.0 mi |
| The Bulge | S 183° | 1,197 m | 7.4 mi |
| The Horn | S 180° | 1,168 m | 7.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf | NNW 339° | 1,128 m | 9.1 mi |
| Hutchins Mountain | SSW 208° | 1,122 m | 5.8 mi |
| Long Mountain | NNE 14° | 1,120 m | 4.1 mi |
| Long Mountain West Peak | N 358° | 1,116 m | 3.3 mi |
| Pilot Ridge | SSW 197° | 1,102 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:01 | 19:50 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:20 | 16:09 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 17 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — York Pond, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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