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Saunders Pasture Conservation Area

Saunders Pasture Conservation Area from directly overhead

Saunders Pasture Conservation Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Crotched Mountain stands 630 m to the west, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Betsey Dodge Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New Boston Conservation Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates43.01064, -71.73321

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Town Common: 3.2 mi
  • Francis Arthur Bolton Sr. Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
  • Center Park: 5.8 mi
  • Inneson Memorial Field: 6.3 mi
  • Lions Field: 6.4 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 55
Museums: 27
Attractions: 18
Beaches: 16
Gardens: 11
Waterfalls: 10
  • Senter Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Brennan Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Middle Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Raymond Cliff: 6.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Cliff: 8.4 mi
  • Billings Fold: 21.6 mi
  • Black Precipice: 21.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 21.2 mi
  • (seasonal): 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 14.6 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 14.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Saunders Pasture Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crotched MountainW 263°630 m7.2 mi
Rose MountainSSW 214°523 m6.5 mi
The PinnacleSSW 208°511 m6.5 mi
Winn MountainSSW 210°503 m7.9 mi
Lyndeborough MountainSSW 210°491 m6.6 mi
Wilson HillWNW 288°427 m7.2 mi
Gregg HillNW 309°402 m7.8 mi
North Uncanoonuc MountainESE 102°401 m6.6 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 solstice07:1615:2916:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665706860483828

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Weare, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1411716193

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