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Shaw Field Conservation Area

Shaw Field Conservation Area from directly overhead

Shaw Field Conservation Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 174 m. Fort Mountain stands 424 m to the southeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Shaw Pasture Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Canterbury Shaker Village Byway passes 8.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Chichester
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.24898, -71.39247
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Chichester Community Greenspace: 0.3 mi
  • Thunder Bridge: 1.3 mi
  • Carpenter Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Webster Park: 3.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 53
  • Webster Mills: 3.1 mi
  • Brigadier General Harrison Thyng Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • The Pennacook: 7.0 mi
  • End of the First N.H. Turnpike: 7.3 mi
  • Josie Langmaid Memorial: 7.6 mi
Museums: 30
Beaches: 24
  • Catamount Pond Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Northwood Lake Beach: 7.0 mi
  • White Sands Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Sandy Point: 8.7 mi
  • Mary Waldron Beach: 9.7 mi
Artworks: 23
Attractions: 17
  • Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 7.3 mi
  • Canterbury Shaker Village: 9.0 mi
  • Deerfield Fairgrounds: 12.7 mi
  • Block Party Social: 14.6 mi
  • Candia Springs Adventure Park: 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Steeles Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Hook Island Falls: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Devil's Den Cliff: 13.5 mi
  • Ridgeline Climbing: 13.6 mi
  • Boulder Natural: 13.8 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 14.1 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 14.1 mi
Gardens: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 10.5 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 10.5 mi
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 13.8 mi
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 19.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • Huckins Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 20.3 mi
  • River Road Spring: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Shaw Field Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort MountainSE 140°424 m5.8 mi
Nottingham MountainSE 137°411 m6.7 mi
Catamount MountainENE 70°403 m5.2 mi
Parker MountainE 79°401 m11.4 mi
McCoy MountainSE 138°384 m4.7 mi
Evans MountainENE 77°370 m10.0 mi
Neville PeakSE 134°363 m6.3 mi
Nats MountainSSE 147°356 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0619:4620:30
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:1515:2716:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533455766717061493928
Precip in2.82.83.33.43.53.83.63.63.64.43.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Concord Asos, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/969288799

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