Perkins-Porter Family Preserve
Perkins-Porter Family Preserve is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 460 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the east-southeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Overlook Farm, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 7.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 6.5 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 7.1 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 12.6 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Profiler Plaza · 7 mi
- Angel Dog Overlook · 18 mi
- Pemigewasset Overlook · 20 mi
- CL Graham Wangan Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Overlook Farm: 0.4 mi
- MacCornack-Evelyn Forest: 0.5 mi
- Foss Forest: 0.6 mi
- Scotland Brook Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
- Cooley-Jericho Community Forest: 1.7 mi
- Bronson Hill: 0.6 mi
- Ore Hill: 1.5 mi
- Sugar Hill: 1.5 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.9 mi
- Cole Hill: 2.2 mi
- Artists Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Square Inch Wall: 6.7 mi
- Maggot Buttress: 6.7 mi
- Hermit Haven: 6.7 mi
- Hone Wall: 6.7 mi
- The Frost Place: 3.3 mi
- Coffin Pond Conservation Area: 4.2 mi
- Dow Park: 4.2 mi
- Fox Hill Park: 4.3 mi
- Lisbon Lions Club Community Fields: 4.7 mi
- Boise Rock: 7.7 mi
- Chutters: 7.9 mi
- The Basin: 8.6 mi
- Liberty Gorge: 9.7 mi
- Flume Gorge & Visitor Center: 9.9 mi
- Kinsman Flume: 4.8 mi
- Bridesmaid Falls: 5.2 mi
- Bridalveil Falls: 5.5 mi
- Ogontz Falls: 6.9 mi
- Kinsman Falls: 8.4 mi
- Sugar Hill Sampler: 2.1 mi
- Robert Frost Museum: 3.3 mi
- Stone Iron Furnace Museum: 4.0 mi
- Franconia Heritage Museum: 4.4 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 6.8 mi
- Chase cellar hole: 6.5 mi
- Governor Gallen Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Bath New Hampshire: 7.6 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Rogers Rangers: 11.6 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Moore Dam Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 10.7 mi
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Boise Rock: 7.7 mi
- The Basin, West: 8.6 mi
- The Basin, East: 8.8 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 9.3 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 11.9 mi
- Tree Harp: 7.8 mi
- Sunflowers: 7.8 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 7.9 mi
- Kettle Pond State Park: 24.9 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 6.4 mi
- Boulder Beach: 22.6 mi
- Lac Littleton: 8.2 mi
- Liberty Spring: 10.3 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 20.0 mi
- School House Covered Bridge: 23.9 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 23.5 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 23.5 mi
- Livermore: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Perkins-Porter Family Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lafayette | ESE 106° | 1,600 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | ESE 111° | 1,551.12 m | 9.4 mi |
| North Lincoln | ESE 109° | 1,524 m | 9.3 mi |
| North Lafayette | ESE 104° | 1,519 m | 9.0 mi |
| Little Haystack Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,440 m | 9.5 mi |
| South Kinsman Mountain | SE 141° | 1,320 m | 6.6 mi |
| North Kinsman Mountain | SE 137° | 1,308.5 m | 6.1 mi |
| Cannon Mountain | ESE 115° | 1,244 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:51 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:24 | 16:12 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 27 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethlehem 2, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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