Pierce Wildlife & Forest Reservation
Pierce Wildlife & Forest Reservation is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 494 m. Osgood Hill stands 681 m to the south-southwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 8.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Society for the Protection of NH Forests
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 13.3 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 16.0 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 18.1 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 16 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 19 mi
- Beal's Knob Vista · 23 mi
- Hubbard Hill Vista · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Proctor Hill: 0.6 mi
- Bacon Ledge: 0.7 mi
- Lightning Hill: 0.8 mi
- Stacy Hill: 0.9 mi
- Little Big Forest: 1.4 mi
- Loverens Mill Cedar Swamp Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Thurston V. Williams Family Forest: 2.4 mi
- Harris Center Conservation Land: 2.5 mi
- Pitcher Mountain Fire Tower: 3.3 mi
- Gregg Lake Beach Park: 5.2 mi
- Manahan Park: 6.0 mi
- Camp Morgan: 6.0 mi
- Franklin Pierce Homestead State Historic Site: 6.3 mi
- Beards Brook Park: 7.2 mi
- Washington Historical Society: 6.0 mi
- Colony House Museum: 15.3 mi
- Alstead Historical Society: 15.3 mi
- Horatio Colony Museum: 15.4 mi
- Cheshire County Historical Society: 15.4 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Keene Soldier's Monument: 15.1 mi
- Gravity Foundation Monument: 15.5 mi
- Oya Hill: 15.6 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 15.6 mi
- Sunset Beach: 9.9 mi
- Picnickers Beach: 12.8 mi
- Campers Beach: 12.8 mi
- Corona Beach: 14.9 mi
- Ranger Beach: 15.5 mi
- Armillary: 12.7 mi
- Pizza Wings: 15.2 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 15.2 mi
- Jennie B. Powers: 15.2 mi
- Baseball: 15.3 mi
- Gleason Falls: 6.8 mi
- Brennan Falls: 13.7 mi
- Bonner Falls: 17.5 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 17.9 mi
- Senter Falls: 19.7 mi
- Mine Ledge: 15.2 mi
- Billings Fold: 16.0 mi
- Black Precipice: 16.2 mi
- Table Rock: 18.7 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 20.3 mi
- Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 15.2 mi
- Everett Dam: 20.6 mi
- Frog Rock: 20.6 mi
- Everett Dam: 20.8 mi
- Everett Dam: 20.8 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 12.7 mi
- Noahs Ark: 14.3 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 22.7 mi
- (seasonal): 7.7 mi
- Falcon Spring: 16.4 mi
- River Road Spring: 21.1 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 8.8 mi
- Wright Grove: 13.9 mi
- Hall Bridge: 21.3 mi
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Pierce Wildlife & Forest Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osgood Hill | SSW 193° | 681 m | 6.6 mi |
| Pitcher Mountain | W 274° | 653 m | 3.3 mi |
| Healey Hill | NW 318° | 627 m | 3.8 mi |
| Hodgeman Hill | W 268° | 626 m | 4.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSE 158° | 617 m | 5.1 mi |
| Jackson Hill | WNW 302° | 613 m | 5.0 mi |
| Copeland Hill | NW 313° | 604 m | 3.5 mi |
| Huntley Mountain | NW 319° | 598 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:30 | 16:17 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bradford 2, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/47797236
Day trips start here
- Swanzey · 19 mi
- New London · 23 mi
- Claremont · 24 mi
- Rindge · 24 mi
- Amherst · 27 mi
- Merrimack Valley · 27 mi
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