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Ruth & Slade Gorton Memorial Forest

Ruth & Slade Gorton Memorial Forest from directly overhead

Ruth & Slade Gorton Memorial Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 364 m. Mount Martha stands 1,084 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Beede Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 2.1 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
New England Forestry Foundation
Getting there

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Coordinates44.37174, -71.72104

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 41
  • Forest Lake State Park: 2.1 mi
  • Pine Hill Park: 4.6 mi
  • Whitefield Park: 5.2 mi
  • Littleton Riverfront Commons: 5.3 mi
  • The Common: 5.4 mi
Waterfalls: 40
  • Ogontz Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Lower Ammonoosuc Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Bridesmaid Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Bridalveil Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Kinsman Flume: 15.4 mi
Attractions: 37
  • Chutters: 5.2 mi
  • Cog Railway Display: 11.3 mi
  • Merry Crismas Ferris wheel: 11.6 mi
  • You Tubing: 11.6 mi
  • Flying School: 11.6 mi
Museums: 19
Picnic sites: 17
Cliffs: 17
  • Artists Bluff: 13.3 mi
  • Square Inch Wall: 13.5 mi
  • Maggot Buttress: 13.5 mi
  • Profile Cliff: 13.5 mi
  • Hermit Haven: 13.6 mi
Historic sites: 13
Rest areas: 6
  • Littleton Rest Area: 8.1 mi
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 8.8 mi
  • Boise Rock: 15.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 16.1 mi
  • The Basin, West: 17.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Lac Littleton: 8.3 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 21.1 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Pollyanna Statue: 5.2 mi
  • Sunflowers: 5.3 mi
  • Tree Harp: 5.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Ruth & Slade Gorton Memorial Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MarthaESE 104°1,084 m11.3 mi
Owl's HeadESE 101°983 m11.5 mi
Scarface MountainSSE 166°850 m11.9 mi
Haystack MountainSE 143°820 m12.0 mi
Miles MountainNNW 329°813 m8.8 mi
Bickford MountainSSE 168°732 m11.8 mi
Mount AgassizSSE 163°719 m7.6 mi
Cleveland MountainSSE 162°715 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0319:5120:35
September equinox06:3518:0818:46
December solstice07:2115:2316:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161727405362666557453422
Precip in2.62.02.63.13.74.24.64.23.64.03.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethlehem 2, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47798878

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