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Plummer's Ridge Forest

Plummer's Ridge Forest from directly overhead

Plummer's Ridge Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 130 m. Copple Crown Mountain stands 534 m to the west-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is The Siemon Access Trails at Branch Hill Farm, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Branch River Valley Trail passes 0.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Branch Hill Farm
Getting there

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Coordinates43.47256, -70.98545
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • New Hampshire Farm Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Jones Brook Park: 1.4 mi
  • Milton Town Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Fernald Shore Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
  • Middleton Park: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 36
Historic sites: 31
Museums: 25
Waterfalls: 13
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Kimballs Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Hayes Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Orris Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Falls of Song: 24.1 mi
Artworks: 12
  • Fairy Village: 9.5 mi
  • Sherwood Cairn Garden: 20.1 mi
  • Snake Eyes: 20.4 mi
  • A World Alive by Sculptor Walter Liff: 23.1 mi
  • Wildcat Statue: 23.2 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Mount Washington Boat Terminal: 13.7 mi
  • Willowbrook Museum Village: 14.2 mi
  • Rock Tripe Boulder: 17.3 mi
  • Spring Hill: 18.6 mi
  • Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 22.9 mi
Gardens: 6
Cliffs: 5
  • Carbonneau Cave: 16.5 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 19.8 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 19.9 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 19.9 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 19.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Two Sisters Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Plummer's Ridge Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copple Crown MountainWNW 303°534 m7.8 mi
Moose MountainsNW 305°527 m6.0 mi
Prospect MountainWSW 245°424 m11.3 mi
Birch RidgeW 273°415 m7.5 mi
Caverly MountainWNW 289°410 m8.6 mi
Rand MountainWNW 294°397 m7.3 mi
Ragged MountainWSW 241°394 m10.8 mi
Cotton MountainNNW 332°384 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0419:4520:29
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1415:2416:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332445463696760483827
Precip in3.73.64.74.63.84.64.03.93.85.34.54.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sanford 2 NNW, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1392382021

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