Rasmussen Forest
Rasmussen Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 475 m. Lovewell Mountain stands 751 m to the east-northeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Washington Town Forest (Huntley Mountain Lot), a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Society for the Protection of NH Forests
How to reach it
- 13.5 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 12.4 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 14.0 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 21.1 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 13 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 14 mi
- Beal's Knob Vista · 24 mi
- Hubbard Hill Vista · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Huntley Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Farnsworth Hill: 1.9 mi
- Starks Hill: 1.9 mi
- Silver Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Jackson Hill: 2.5 mi
- Camp Morgan: 2.6 mi
- Pillsbury State Park: 4.7 mi
- Acworth Town Common: 7.5 mi
- Acworth Town Land: 8.1 mi
- Vilas Pool Park: 9.6 mi
- Washington Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- Alstead Historical Society: 9.9 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 11.9 mi
- Newport Historical Society Museum: 13.9 mi
- Frank Adams Grist Mill: 14.1 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 12.8 mi
- naval gun: 16.8 mi
- naval gun: 16.8 mi
- civil war: 16.8 mi
- Corona Beach: 9.5 mi
- State Park Beach: 13.5 mi
- Sunset Beach: 15.3 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 15.6 mi
- Dewey Beach: 16.6 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 13.8 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 16.9 mi
- Pizza Wings: 17.0 mi
- Baseball: 17.0 mi
- Jennie B. Powers: 17.0 mi
- Gleason Falls: 10.7 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 12.1 mi
- Brennan Falls: 20.5 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 24.1 mi
- Falls Brook Falls: 24.4 mi
- Hall Bridge: 16.3 mi
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 17.2 mi
- Bartonsville Covered Bridge: 19.1 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 22.6 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 23.7 mi
- Table Rock: 13.7 mi
- Mine Ledge: 14.4 mi
- Baker Ledge: 19.6 mi
- Billings Fold: 21.0 mi
- Black Precipice: 21.3 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 18.5 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 18.5 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 19.6 mi
- Noahs Ark: 20.0 mi
- (seasonal): 5.9 mi
- Falcon Spring: 21.7 mi
- Wright Grove: 13.2 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 15.7 mi
- Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 16.9 mi
- Green Mountain Railroad: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Rasmussen Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovewell Mountain | ENE 62° | 751 m | 6.0 mi |
| Goves Mountain | NNE 24° | 721 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bean Mountain | NNE 18° | 708 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | NNE 26° | 698 m | 6.4 mi |
| Lempster Mountain | NNE 13° | 686 m | 5.0 mi |
| Pitcher Mountain | SSE 162° | 653 m | 5.0 mi |
| Silver Mountain | NNW 347° | 652 m | 2.2 mi |
| Ames Hill | NE 53° | 639 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:31 | 16:17 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bradford 2, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1393135635
Day trips start here
- Claremont · 17 mi
- New London · 20 mi
- Swanzey · 21 mi
- Cornish · 23 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 23 mi
- Windsor · 25 mi
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