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Potters Woods

Potters Woods from directly overhead

Potters Woods is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 308 m. Pack Monadnock Mountain stands 692 m to the northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Charlie Crathern Memorial Land, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Greenville Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.76744, -71.78673
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Myrtle Marsh Park: 1.3 mi
  • Taft Memorial Field: 1.3 mi
  • Mason Railroad Trail: 2.2 mi
  • Memorial Park: 3.4 mi
  • Main Street Park: 5.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Phoenix: 6.4 mi
  • Inside: 6.4 mi
  • Cuerpo Diafano: 6.4 mi
  • Continuum: 6.4 mi
  • Long Time Traveling: 6.4 mi
Museums: 37
Beaches: 29
  • Silver Lake Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 11.0 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 11.3 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 11.5 mi
Attractions: 28
Gardens: 22
Waterfalls: 16
  • Trap Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 7.7 mi
  • The Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Middle Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Upper Falls: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 4
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 10.6 mi
  • River Road Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 17.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Potters Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pack Monadnock MountainNW 325°692 m8.0 mi
Holt PeakNW 310°623 m6.5 mi
Burton PeakWNW 302°605 m6.3 mi
Temple MountainNW 315°596 m7.2 mi
New Ipswich MountainWSW 257°563 m6.8 mi
Barrett MountainW 267°561 m6.5 mi
Mount WataticSW 228°555 m7.3 mi
Pratt MountainWSW 251°551 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4720:30
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222532445463696760483828
Precip in3.43.34.24.43.74.33.63.84.25.44.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville 1 NNE, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1409921640

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