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Ryan Wildlife Management Area

Ryan Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Ryan Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 401 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the south-southeast, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is The Weld Forest, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
NH Dept of Fish & Game
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.89545, -72.12034

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Dublin Park: 1.3 mi
  • Marlborough Town Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Shattuck Park: 3.9 mi
  • Farrar Field: 4.8 mi
  • Central Square: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 5.8 mi
Museums: 33
Waterfalls: 16
  • Falls Brook Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Brennan Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 16.2 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Ranger Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Sunset Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 12
  • Armillary: 3.1 mi
  • Aurora: 8.3 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 8.3 mi
  • Reaching: 8.3 mi
  • Pizza Wings: 8.4 mi
Attractions: 12
Cliffs: 8
  • Billings Fold: 2.4 mi
  • Black Precipice: 2.7 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 7.9 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 13.5 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 14.4 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Noahs Ark: 3.0 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 19.5 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 21.0 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 23.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Falcon Spring: 3.2 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 20.5 mi
  • (seasonal): 21.4 mi
  • River Road Spring: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Ryan Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockSSE 166°965 m2.5 mi
Bald RockSSE 167°790 m2.9 mi
Monte RosaS 173°749 m2.7 mi
Osgood HillN 9°681 m7.1 mi
Skatutakee MountainNE 40°609 m6.6 mi
Thumb MountainNNE 34°603 m6.4 mi
Fletcher HillN 4°595 m8.2 mi
Holt HillNNE 17°581 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:01
June solstice05:1119:4820:31
September equinox06:3618:1018:48
December solstice07:1715:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455766716962493829
Precip in3.33.44.03.83.74.34.34.04.35.13.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Silver RCH Airpark, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797305

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