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Sandwich Town Forest

Sandwich Town Forest from directly overhead

Sandwich Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 270 m. Sandwich Mountain stands 1,215 m to the north, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Levi Smith Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 5.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Sandwich
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.80757, -71.49090

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Sandwich Notch Park: 1.2 mi
  • Sunshine Park: 2.3 mi
  • Everrett Field: 2.5 mi
  • Quimby Field: 2.6 mi
  • Remick Park: 5.2 mi
Cliffs
Waterfalls: 43
  • Lower Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Beede Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Fletcher Cascades: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 32
Attractions: 26
  • The Old Country Store: 5.9 mi
  • Lucknow Mansion: 10.0 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Funspot: 13.4 mi
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 13.5 mi
Historic sites: 23
Museums: 20
Artworks: 20
  • Frog Rock: 9.7 mi
  • #20 / Nova: 10.3 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 10.3 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 10.3 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 10.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Elliott Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 10.4 mi
  • lower falls: 18.8 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Campton Day Use Area: 8.1 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
  • Fay Waside Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 20.2 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Peace Garden: 10.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 22.5 mi
  • The Basin, East: 23.6 mi
  • The Basin, West: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Sandwich Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandwich MountainN 357°1,215 m6.4 mi
Sandwich DomeN 357°1,206 m6.4 mi
Jennings PeakN 352°1,038 m7.2 mi
Flat MountainN 10°1,015 m8.5 mi
Noon PeakN 356°893 m7.8 mi
Flat MountainNNE 19°886 m7.1 mi
Dickey MountainNNW 331°833 m9.1 mi
Black MountainNNW 340°830 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0519:4820:32
September equinox06:3418:0718:45
December solstice07:1815:2516:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231435564696760473626
Precip in3.93.34.25.03.95.04.94.04.76.04.74.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47799113

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