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Robert P. Bass Memorial Town Forest

Robert P. Bass Memorial Town Forest from directly overhead

Robert P. Bass Memorial Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 304 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the west-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Milt Street Tract, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.82158, -71.94231

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Marshall-Thomas Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
  • Howard Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
  • Depot Park: 3.8 mi
  • Boccelli Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Nubanusit Terrace: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Cultural Cocoon: 3.9 mi
  • Armillary: 8.4 mi
  • Clyde II: 11.2 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 12.9 mi
  • Phoenix: 15.1 mi
Museums: 34
  • Mariposa Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 11.1 mi
  • Ashby Historical Society: 11.7 mi
Beaches: 22
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Picnickers Beach: 9.6 mi
Attractions: 20
Waterfalls: 18
  • Bonner Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Middle Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Senter Falls: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Noahs Ark: 7.5 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 8.4 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 3
  • Falcon Spring: 8.0 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 12.5 mi
  • River Road Spring: 17.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Robert P. Bass Memorial Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockWNW 288°965 m8.8 mi
Bald RockWNW 285°790 m8.6 mi
Monte RosaWNW 285°749 m9.0 mi
North Pack Monadnock MountainNE 41°694 m5.9 mi
Pack Monadnock MountainNE 49°692 m4.3 mi
Holt PeakE 82°623 m2.9 mi
Burton PeakE 100°605 m2.6 mi
Temple MountainENE 65°596 m3.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1019:4720:31
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1615:3116:17

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797146

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