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Seymour Natural Area

Seymour Natural Area from directly overhead

Seymour Natural Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 279 m. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the east-northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sundell Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Sutton Conservation Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates43.36540, -71.95521

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Wadleigh State Park: 0.7 mi
  • Pierce Park: 3.4 mi
  • The Sargent Common: 3.6 mi
  • Scytheville Park: 3.8 mi
  • Wilmot Town Ball Field: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 25
Museums: 21
  • John Hay Estate at The Fells: 4.4 mi
  • Flanders-Osborne Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Sunapee Historical Society: 6.8 mi
  • Potter Place Depot: 7.0 mi
  • Upton Chandler House Museum: 9.0 mi
Artworks: 13
  • Newport's Golden Eagle: 10.9 mi
  • Uranus: 23.5 mi
  • Neptune: 23.5 mi
  • Pluto: 23.6 mi
  • John Gilbert Winant: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Attractions: 7
Gardens: 5
  • Garden at Tracy Library: 3.7 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 14.8 mi
  • Botanical Garden: 23.5 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 23.5 mi
  • Canillas Community Garden: 24.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • (seasonal): 12.5 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 19.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Seymour Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount KearsargeENE 76°891 m5.1 mi
SummitWSW 239°828 m6.9 mi
Sunapee MountainSW 235°824 m6.7 mi
South PeakSW 234°794 m6.3 mi
Black MountainE 84°774 m4.5 mi
Little MountainE 83°710 m5.6 mi
North PeakWSW 243°692 m6.7 mi
Bald SunapeeSW 215°632 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:0819:4920:33
September equinox06:3618:0918:47
December solstice07:1815:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212331435564696760483727
Precip in3.33.13.74.23.94.44.43.74.25.53.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Sunapee, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1394819647

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