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Pinehurst

Pinehurst from directly overhead

Pinehurst is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 296 m. Sandwich Mountain stands 1,215 m to the north-northeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is West Rattlesnake, a peak 0.3 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 3.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Pinehurst Association
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.78065, -71.53538

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Holderness Town Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Sandwich Notch Park: 3.8 mi
  • Squam Lakes Boat Launch Facility: 4.3 mi
  • Everrett Field: 5.0 mi
  • Sunshine Park: 5.0 mi
Cliffs
Waterfalls: 34
  • Lower Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Beede Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Livermore Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 8.8 mi
Beaches: 32
Historic sites: 26
Attractions: 23
  • The Old Country Store: 7.1 mi
  • Lucknow Mansion: 11.2 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Funspot: 11.9 mi
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 11.9 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 7.8 mi
  • #20 / Nova: 8.6 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 8.6 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 8.6 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 8.6 mi
Museums: 18
Springs: 6
  • Crystal Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 16.1 mi
  • lower falls: 21.7 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Campton Day Use Area: 7.7 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
  • Fay Waside Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 22.9 mi
  • Hippy Hill: 24.1 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Peace Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 11.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • The Basin, East: 24.5 mi
  • The Basin, West: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Pinehurst. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandwich MountainNNE 13°1,215 m8.5 mi
Sandwich DomeNNE 13°1,206 m8.5 mi
Jennings PeakN 8°1,038 m9.1 mi
Flat MountainNNE 28°886 m9.7 mi
Black MountainN 2°830 m7.3 mi
Sachem PeakN 3°807 m8.6 mi
Mount IsraelNE 35°800 m5.5 mi
Mount WeetamooNNW 339°753 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0519:4820:32
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1815:2516:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130425362676558463524
Precip in3.22.63.23.33.74.44.53.83.64.63.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1389337163

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