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Proctor Wildlife Sanctuary

Proctor Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Proctor Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Faraway Mountain stands 848 m to the east-northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Center Harbor Woods, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 0.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New Hampshire Audubon
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.72032, -71.49238

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Center Harbor Town Beach & Playground: 1.8 mi
  • Center Harbor Ball Field: 1.9 mi
  • Leavitt Park & Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Kraine Meadow Park: 3.3 mi
  • Meredith Community Forest: 3.5 mi
Cliffs
Beaches: 33
Historic sites: 26
Waterfalls: 24
  • Lower Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Beede Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Roaring Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Twin Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Whittier Falls: 8.7 mi
Artworks: 20
  • #20 / Nova: 4.2 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 4.2 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 4.3 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 4.3 mi
  • #15 / Herons: 4.3 mi
Museums: 19
Attractions: 16
  • The Old Country Store: 5.4 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Funspot: 7.4 mi
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 7.4 mi
  • Go-Karts: 8.3 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Peace Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Botanical Garden: 24.8 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 24.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Crystal Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 20.2 mi
  • lower falls: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Campton Day Use Area: 12.4 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
  • Hippy Hill: 22.9 mi
  • Fay Waside Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 16.7 mi
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Proctor Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Faraway MountainENE 72°848 m9.5 mi
Black Snout MountainENE 62°812 m9.3 mi
Mount IsraelN 7°800 m8.7 mi
Mount RobertsENE 73°782 m8.7 mi
Mount WeetamooNNW 336°753 m9.9 mi
Campton MountainNNW 334°745 m10.2 mi
Campton MountainNNW 331°724 m9.9 mi
Dinsmore MountainN 358°702 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0519:4820:32
September equinox06:3418:0718:45
December solstice07:1715:2516:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212432445665716962493827
Precip in3.32.83.53.93.84.54.44.04.14.94.04.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meredith 3 NNE, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • mountain laurel25 obs
  • Eastern Newt21 obs
  • hobblebush16 obs
  • partridgeberry16 obs
  • painted trillium14 obs
  • swamp loosestrife14 obs
  • eastern hemlock13 obs
  • Cucumber Root13 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/47799088

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