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Rindge Town Forest

Rindge Town Forest from directly overhead

Rindge Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 360 m. Bald Rock stands 790 m to the north-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Tetreault Park, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 16 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Rindge Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.72708, -72.04863

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Ridge Common: 2.5 mi
  • Rindge Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
  • Monument Park: 2.9 mi
  • Wendall P. Clark Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
  • Hyde Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Clyde II: 3.1 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 8.4 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 9.3 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 11.5 mi
  • Armillary: 12.4 mi
Museums: 32
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 3.1 mi
  • Royalston Post Office: 7.9 mi
  • Royalston Historical Society: 7.9 mi
  • Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 9.5 mi
Attractions: 28
Cliffs: 22
Beaches: 20
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 5.0 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 5.2 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 5.3 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Spirit Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 11.2 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 10.9 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 10.9 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 9.1 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 9.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Rindge Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald RockNNW 341°790 m9.2 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakNW 325°579 m7.8 mi
Little Monadnock MountainWNW 298°571 m9.1 mi
New Ipswich MountainE 79°563 m6.8 mi
Barrett MountainENE 70°561 m7.2 mi
Gap Mountain - North PeakNW 325°561 m8.0 mi
Mount WataticESE 105°555 m8.2 mi
Pratt MountainE 86°551 m6.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1119:4820:31
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1615:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665706860493828
Precip in3.03.03.93.83.64.54.03.94.34.83.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Muni AP Silver RCH, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1409584615

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