Shadow Hill State Forest
Shadow Hill State Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 296 m. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the east-northeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sutton Pines, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 296 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 9.5 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 17.4 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 6 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 27 mi
- Indian Ridge · 29 mi
- Norman Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sutton Pines: 0.6 mi
- Sutton Town Forest & Wetland: 0.8 mi
- Black Mountain Forest: 1.6 mi
- Seymour Natural Area: 1.6 mi
- Sundell Natural Area: 1.6 mi
- Wadleigh Hill: 0.8 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.4 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 1.4 mi
- Porter Hill: 1.5 mi
- Dresser Hills: 1.7 mi
- Wadleigh State Park: 0.9 mi
- Winslow State Park: 4.1 mi
- Wilmot Town Ball Field: 4.4 mi
- Timmy Patten Park: 4.7 mi
- Scytheville Park: 4.7 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 14.1 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 14.7 mi
- William A. Fenlason Square: 15.4 mi
- Odell Park Arch: 15.6 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 1.1 mi
- Elkins Beach: 4.7 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 5.7 mi
- State Park Beach: 6.6 mi
- Bucklin Beach: 6.8 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 5.6 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 7.0 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 7.4 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 7.6 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 8.0 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 12.2 mi
- Uranus: 21.9 mi
- Neptune: 21.9 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 22.0 mi
- Pluto: 22.0 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 12.3 mi
- Gleason Falls: 14.4 mi
- Profile Falls: 17.9 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 19.7 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 19.7 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 20.3 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 21.8 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 22.0 mi
- Everett Dam: 22.4 mi
- Everett Dam: 22.5 mi
- Baker Ledge: 2.2 mi
- The Bulkhead: 9.6 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 22.0 mi
- The Ledges: 22.0 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 5.2 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 14.6 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 22.2 mi
- Botanical Garden: 22.2 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 11.8 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 16.2 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- (seasonal): 12.2 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 19.8 mi
- Hippy Hill: 12.5 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 23.1 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 6.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Shadow Hill State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kearsarge | ENE 58° | 891 m | 4.3 mi |
| Summit | WSW 251° | 828 m | 7.7 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | WSW 248° | 824 m | 7.4 mi |
| South Peak | WSW 247° | 794 m | 6.9 mi |
| Black Mountain | ENE 66° | 774 m | 3.5 mi |
| Little Mountain | ENE 68° | 710 m | 4.6 mi |
| North Peak | WSW 254° | 692 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bald Sunapee | SW 229° | 632 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bradford 2, 7 mi away.
- eastern white pine108 obs
- painted trillium20 obs
- Mallard18 obs
- wild sarsaparilla16 obs
- buttonbush15 obs
- hobblebush15 obs
- pickerelweed14 obs
- Red-spotted Admiral14 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/47797575
Day trips start here
- New London · 5 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 14 mi
- Franklin · 16 mi
- Tilton · 18 mi
- Claremont · 21 mi
- Concord · 21 mi
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