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Post Road Forest

Post Road Forest from directly overhead

Post Road Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Rose Mountain stands 523 m to the west-northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Caesar's Brook Reservation, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 7.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Amherst Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.87769, -71.64268
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Upper Grove: 1.2 mi
  • Civil War Common: 1.2 mi
  • School St Park: 1.3 mi
  • Beaver Brook Park: 1.3 mi
  • Amherst Town Green: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Frog Rock: 5.5 mi
  • The Amoskeag Fishways: 12.1 mi
  • Hudson Speedway: 12.6 mi
  • Labyrinth: 12.6 mi
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 13.3 mi
Artworks
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 7.5 mi
  • City Lights: 10.2 mi
  • Commitment: 10.2 mi
  • First Friendship: 10.2 mi
  • Neitherthere (Absence as a Reality): 10.2 mi
Museums: 42
Beaches: 27
Gardens: 18
Waterfalls: 13
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Middle Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Senter Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 18.1 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 18.2 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 18.3 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.0 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 24.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • River Road Spring: 7.6 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Post Road Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rose MountainWNW 295°523 m9.0 mi
The PinnacleWNW 295°511 m8.3 mi
Winn MountainWNW 285°503 m8.8 mi
Lyndeborough MountainWNW 294°491 m8.6 mi
North Uncanoonuc MountainNNE 14°401 m8.1 mi
South Uncanoonuc MountainNNE 21°395 m7.8 mi
Joe English HillNNW 349°388 m5.0 mi
Piscataquog MountainWNW 299°374 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:30
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1515:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766726961493929
Precip in3.03.03.84.13.44.03.73.74.04.93.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1413598761

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