Ragged Mountain State Forest
Ragged Mountain State Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 198 m. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the south-southwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Carr Field, a park 0.6 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 6.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 198 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 7.9 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 13.7 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
- 18.2 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 14 mi
- Indian Ridge · 28 mi
- Norman Overlook · 29 mi
- Balch Hill · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Carr Field: 0.6 mi
- Ledges: 2.4 mi
- West Peak: 2.5 mi
- Chaffee Park: 3.3 mi
- Eagle Pond Boat Access: 3.6 mi
- Roby Preserve: 1.9 mi
- McLeod Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Mountain Brook Forest Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Old College Road Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Kearsarge Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
- Beech Hill: 2.0 mi
- The Pinnacle: 2.0 mi
- Taunton Hill: 2.5 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Boston Hill: 3.0 mi
- William A. Fenlason Square: 8.3 mi
- Old Hill VIllage: 8.4 mi
- Odell Park Arch: 8.5 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 9.8 mi
- Tilton Arch: 11.4 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 18.7 mi
- Uranus: 20.8 mi
- Neptune: 20.9 mi
- Pluto: 21.0 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 21.3 mi
- Elkins Beach: 6.5 mi
- Lagace Beach: 7.0 mi
- Griffin Beach: 7.3 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 8.7 mi
- Bucklin Beach: 9.4 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 2.0 mi
- Franklin Firefighter's Museum: 8.3 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 11.0 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 11.1 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 12.9 mi
- The Bulkhead: 1.7 mi
- Baker Ledge: 6.5 mi
- The Ledges: 14.7 mi
- Crocketts Ledge: 17.2 mi
- White Mountain Ledge: 17.4 mi
- Profile Falls: 9.7 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 14.7 mi
- Welton Falls: 15.1 mi
- Sculptured Rocks: 18.5 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 19.1 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 15.3 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 17.3 mi
- Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 20.7 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 20.7 mi
- Funspot: 20.8 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 8.7 mi
- Botanical Garden: 17.4 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 17.4 mi
- Peace Garden: 23.0 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 23.0 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 11.8 mi
- Huckins Spring: 20.4 mi
- (seasonal): 20.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 22.0 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 11.5 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 14.5 mi
- Hippy Hill: 6.3 mi
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 2.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Ragged Mountain State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kearsarge | SSW 207° | 891 m | 4.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | SSW 207° | 774 m | 5.4 mi |
| Little Mountain | SSW 198° | 710 m | 4.7 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NNW 340° | 689 m | 2.0 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | NW 326° | 689 m | 2.6 mi |
| Dickinson Hill | NNE 15° | 579 m | 5.6 mi |
| Sawyer Hill | S 184° | 555 m | 6.2 mi |
| Fogg Hill | NW 308° | 541 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:28 | 16:15 |
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, 7 mi away.
- eastern white pine21 obs
- American Bullfrog12 obs
- Eastern Newt7 obs
- Eastern Chipmunk6 obs
- Monarch6 obs
- Hickory Tussock Moth5 obs
- trailing arbutus5 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander4 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/47797670
Day trips start here
- Franklin · 8 mi
- New London · 9 mi
- Tilton · 11 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 16 mi
- Orange · 17 mi
- Laconia · 18 mi
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