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Sand Hill Road Reservoir

Sand Hill Road Reservoir from directly overhead

Sand Hill Road Reservoir is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. North Pack Monadnock Mountain stands 694 m to the west-northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Scott Memorial Forest, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Wilton

How to reach it

Coordinates42.84206, -71.77364

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Goss Park: 1.6 mi
  • Main Street Park: 1.8 mi
  • Whiting Park: 2.0 mi
  • Carnival Hill Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
  • Curtiss Dogwood Natural Area: 2.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Cultural Cocoon: 9.3 mi
  • Communication: 9.4 mi
  • House of Wish: 9.4 mi
  • Frieda Carrying the Marble Player: 9.4 mi
  • Reminiscence: 9.4 mi
Museums: 34
Beaches: 27
Attractions: 25
Gardens: 17
Waterfalls: 14
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Middle Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Senter Falls: 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Billings Fold: 17.0 mi
  • Black Precipice: 17.1 mi
  • Rattlesnake Cliff: 17.5 mi
  • Old Limestone Quarry: 18.0 mi
  • Raymond Cliff: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 11.0 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 16.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Sand Hill Road Reservoir. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Pack Monadnock MountainWNW 303°694 m5.6 mi
Pack Monadnock MountainWNW 285°692 m5.5 mi
Holt PeakW 260°623 m5.7 mi
Burton PeakWSW 253°605 m6.3 mi
Temple MountainW 269°596 m5.7 mi
Barrett MountainSW 233°561 m9.1 mi
Kidder MountainSW 234°549 m6.8 mi
Wildcat HillSW 236°529 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4720:30
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222532445463696760483828
Precip in3.43.34.24.43.74.33.63.84.25.44.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville 1 NNE, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1411251905

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