Pillsbury Lake Hunting Preserve
Pillsbury Lake Hunting Preserve is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. Sawyer Hill stands 555 m to the west-northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Kimball Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 2.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Webster/Pillsbury Lake Asso
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 6.0 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
- 9.1 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 14.1 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kimball Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
- Allen State Forest: 1.7 mi
- Boscawen Town Forest: 1.8 mi
- Weir Road Lot: 2.1 mi
- Riverdale Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
- Chase Hill: 1.8 mi
- Horse Hill: 2.0 mi
- Dagody Hill: 2.4 mi
- Knowlton Hill: 2.5 mi
- Ox Pond Hill: 2.9 mi
- Dogwood Island: 2.3 mi
- Penacook Riverside Park: 3.4 mi
- Boscawen Congregational Church Park: 3.5 mi
- Boscawen Town Park: 3.7 mi
- Park Avenue Field: 3.9 mi
- Boudreau Square: 3.5 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial Historic Site: 4.0 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial Historic site: 4.1 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 6.1 mi
- Riverland Beach: 4.1 mi
- Lagace Beach: 12.5 mi
- White Sands Beach: 12.6 mi
- Griffin Beach: 13.1 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 15.1 mi
- Little Nature Museum: 4.1 mi
- Canterbury Historical Society: 6.7 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 7.3 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 7.4 mi
- McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center: 7.8 mi
- Uranus: 7.9 mi
- Neptune: 8.0 mi
- Pluto: 8.1 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 8.2 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 8.2 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 7.8 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 10.5 mi
- Everett Dam: 12.8 mi
- Everett Dam: 12.8 mi
- Everett Dam: 12.8 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 12.5 mi
- Baker Ledge: 12.6 mi
- The Bulkhead: 15.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliff: 16.4 mi
- Crocketts Ledge: 23.4 mi
- Gleason Falls: 17.1 mi
- Steeles Falls: 18.6 mi
- Profile Falls: 20.3 mi
- Brennan Falls: 21.5 mi
- Senter Falls: 24.0 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 7.2 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 10.7 mi
- Botanical Garden: 10.8 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 18.4 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- Huckins Spring: 16.9 mi
- River Road Spring: 20.2 mi
- (seasonal): 20.4 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 22.8 mi
- Hippy Hill: 19.6 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 22.3 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 14.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Pillsbury Lake Hunting Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyer Hill | WNW 303° | 555 m | 9.3 mi |
| Stewarts Peak | W 260° | 552 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mink Hills | W 262° | 496 m | 9.5 mi |
| Bean Hill | NE 37° | 456 m | 10.3 mi |
| Raccoon Hill | NNW 336° | 358 m | 10.5 mi |
| Clark Hill | WSW 252° | 341 m | 7.3 mi |
| Couch Hill | WNW 294° | 336 m | 10.0 mi |
| Searles Hill | N 349° | 319 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:28 | 16:15 |
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 | 22 | 25 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salisbury, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/47798401
Day trips start here
- Concord · 7 mi
- Franklin · 12 mi
- Tilton · 12 mi
- Merrimack Valley · 15 mi
- Hooksett · 16 mi
- New London · 18 mi
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