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Robert W. Durant Natural Area

Robert W. Durant Natural Area from directly overhead

Robert W. Durant Natural Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 307 m. Mount Cabot stands 1,258 m to the northeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is The Himalaya, a attraction 2.0 miles away. Presidential Range Tour passes 0.5 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
NH Fish & Game

How to reach it

Coordinates44.44935, -71.52095

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 53
  • Weeks State Park: 2.6 mi
  • Soldier Park: 3.4 mi
  • Colonel Town Recreation Park: 3.8 mi
  • Whitefield Park: 6.8 mi
  • The Common: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Lower Ammonoosuc Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Gordon Fall: 12.8 mi
  • Salroc Fall: 12.9 mi
  • Tama Fall: 12.9 mi
  • Chandler Fall: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 28
  • The Himalaya: 2.0 mi
  • The Yule Log Flume: 2.0 mi
  • Bumper Car: 2.0 mi
  • Merry Crismas Ferris wheel: 2.0 mi
  • Flying School: 2.0 mi
Picnic sites: 17
Museums: 16
Cliffs: 16
Historic sites: 11
Springs: 5
  • Spaulding Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 19.6 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Littleton Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 19.6 mi
  • Boise Rock: 21.9 mi
  • The Basin, West: 23.9 mi
  • The Basin, East: 24.1 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Pollyanna Statue: 15.9 mi
  • Tree Harp: 16.0 mi
  • Sunflowers: 16.0 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 16.8 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Robert W. Durant Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CabotNE 53°1,258 m6.5 mi
Mount WaumbekESE 103°1,221 m5.2 mi
The BulgeNE 51°1,197 m7.1 mi
Mount Starr KingESE 103°1,186 m4.5 mi
Mount WeeksE 83°1,185 m6.9 mi
South Weeks MountainE 94°1,183 m6.6 mi
The HornNE 51°1,168 m7.6 mi
Middle Weeks MountainE 90°1,128 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0219:5020:35
September equinox06:3418:0718:46
December solstice07:2015:2216:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171928415362676556463423
Precip in2.52.32.63.43.84.44.34.03.34.32.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1380160117

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