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Scott Land

Scott Land from directly overhead

Scott Land is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Joe English Hill stands 388 m to the north-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Oxbow Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 8.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Amherst
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.82893, -71.58286
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Cemetery Field: 1.3 mi
  • Green Space: 1.9 mi
  • Green Space: 2.0 mi
  • Shepard Park: 2.7 mi
  • Wasserman Park: 2.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Bayley House: 3.3 mi
  • Amherst Civil War Monument: 3.3 mi
  • Wallingford House: 3.4 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Police Memorial: 3.6 mi
Artworks
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 5.2 mi
  • Millennium Child: 6.8 mi
  • Crocodilian: 7.2 mi
  • Latino Bus: 7.2 mi
  • Diversity: 7.4 mi
Attractions
  • Labyrinth: 8.1 mi
  • Hudson Speedway: 8.8 mi
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 9.0 mi
  • Frog Rock: 10.1 mi
  • SkyVenture: 10.7 mi
Museums: 47
Gardens: 27
Beaches: 27
Waterfalls: 12
  • Wildcat Falls: 4.3 mi
  • The Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Middle Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 14.9 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 19.0 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 20.1 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 20.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Scott Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Joe English HillNNW 334°388 m9.2 mi
South HillNW 321°314 m9.4 mi
Storey HillNW 322°307 m8.9 mi
Roby HillNNW 333°302 m7.8 mi
Abbot HillWSW 255°280 m8.3 mi
Pead HillWNW 287°277 m8.2 mi
McCollom HillNW 321°277 m8.4 mi
Prospect HillNW 317°269 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:29
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1515:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766727062503929
Precip in3.83.33.74.03.54.33.53.94.24.83.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Milford, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797797

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