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Sandquist Preserve

Sandquist Preserve from directly overhead

Sandquist Preserve is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 329 m. Nelson Crag stands 1,708 m to the northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Presidential Range Tour passes 1.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Upper Saco Valley Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.18723, -71.19431

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Prospect Farm: 1.9 mi
  • Morrell Family Community Complex: 8.5 mi
  • Bartlett Village Gazebo Park: 8.7 mi
  • Cathedral Ledge State Park: 8.9 mi
  • Hussey Field: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 48
Cliffs: 41
  • Whites Ledge: 6.6 mi
  • Thin Air Face: 8.7 mi
  • Barber Wall: 8.8 mi
  • Frankenstein Cliff: 8.8 mi
  • The Slabs: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 40
  • Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 4.9 mi
  • Roar-o-Saurus: 4.9 mi
  • ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Nor'Easter Mountain Coaster: 7.4 mi
  • Attitash Alpine Slide: 7.9 mi
Picnic sites: 19
Historic sites: 17
Beaches: 16
  • Beach Area #1: 13.8 mi
  • Beach Area #2: 14.1 mi
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 15.5 mi
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 15.6 mi
Museums: 13
  • Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 2.8 mi
  • MWOBs Admin Office: 9.7 mi
  • Conway Railroad Museum: 9.9 mi
  • New England Ski Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 13.9 mi
Springs: 7
  • Gulfside Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 10.7 mi
  • lower falls: 12.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 19.3 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 22.6 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Hannes Schneider: 10.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Sandquist Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nelson CragNW 325°1,708 m7.8 mi
Boott SpurNW 312°1,664 m6.7 mi
Mount MonroeNW 307°1,617 m7.8 mi
Lion HeadNW 318°1,534 m7.2 mi
Carter DomeN 8°1,471 m5.6 mi
Gulf PeakNW 308°1,455 m6.0 mi
Mount HightN 11°1,415 m6.2 mi
South Carter MountainN 7°1,344 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0219:4820:33
September equinox06:3318:0618:44
December solstice07:1815:2216:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161826385059646356453323
Precip in5.34.34.95.75.55.95.55.15.07.85.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinkham Notch, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1381644505

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