Prince Pasture
Prince Pasture is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the west-northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Maplewood Recreation Field, a park 1.4 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 0.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Society for the Prot. of NH Forests
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 6.8 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
- 12.7 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 15.0 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Maplewood Recreation Field: 1.4 mi
- Daniel Webster Birthplace State Historic Site: 3.9 mi
- Boscawen Congregational Church Park: 5.3 mi
- Glines Park: 5.4 mi
- Boscawen Town Park: 5.7 mi
- Cabot Memorial Forest: 2.0 mi
- Blackwater Flood Control Reservoir: 2.5 mi
- State Forest Nursery: 2.5 mi
- William Pearson Park: 3.0 mi
- Paul P. Mock Memorial Forest: 3.1 mi
- Littles Hill: 2.7 mi
- Corser Hill: 2.9 mi
- Searles Hill: 2.9 mi
- Choate Hill: 3.0 mi
- Lovering Hill: 3.0 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 3.4 mi
- William A. Fenlason Square: 6.7 mi
- Odell Park Arch: 7.0 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial Historic site: 7.9 mi
- Boudreau Square: 7.9 mi
- Lagace Beach: 7.2 mi
- Riverland Beach: 7.7 mi
- Griffin Beach: 7.9 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 11.6 mi
- Elkins Beach: 12.1 mi
- Uranus: 13.2 mi
- Neptune: 13.3 mi
- Pluto: 13.4 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 13.7 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 13.7 mi
- Franklin Firefighter's Museum: 6.8 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 7.3 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 7.3 mi
- Canterbury Historical Society: 7.7 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 8.9 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 11.3 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 13.1 mi
- Everett Dam: 18.5 mi
- Everett Dam: 18.5 mi
- Everett Dam: 18.5 mi
- Baker Ledge: 8.8 mi
- The Bulkhead: 9.1 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 18.2 mi
- Crocketts Ledge: 18.9 mi
- White Mountain Ledge: 19.2 mi
- Profile Falls: 14.6 mi
- Gleason Falls: 19.1 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 21.9 mi
- Welton Falls: 22.0 mi
- Steeles Falls: 22.7 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 5.5 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 11.0 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 20.8 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 11.5 mi
- Botanical Garden: 11.5 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 14.1 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 22.8 mi
- Huckins Spring: 16.2 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 17.1 mi
- (seasonal): 20.4 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 9.2 mi
- Hippy Hill: 13.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Prince Pasture. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kearsarge | WNW 284° | 891 m | 7.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | W 277° | 774 m | 7.6 mi |
| Little Mountain | W 281° | 710 m | 6.6 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NW 323° | 689 m | 9.5 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | NW 321° | 689 m | 10.2 mi |
| Sawyer Hill | W 266° | 555 m | 5.5 mi |
| Gage Hill | W 268° | 539 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mink Hills | SW 226° | 496 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:48 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:28 | 16:14 |
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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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