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Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (Mascoma River Division)

Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (Mascoma River Division) from directly overhead

Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (Mascoma River Division) is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 377 m. Smarts Mountain stands 983 m to the north, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Marshall Brook Natural Area, a nature reserve 2.2 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 7.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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USFW
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.72624, -72.05147

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Goose Pond Park: 2.3 mi
  • The Common: 5.9 mi
  • Williams Field: 5.9 mi
  • Huse Park: 7.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
Peaks
  • Pollard Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Sugar Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Sawyer Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Thompson Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Winslow Ledge: 3.7 mi
Cliffs: 48
  • Winslow Ledge: 3.7 mi
  • Holt's Ledge: 4.5 mi
  • Bouldering: 9.8 mi
  • Buffalo Pit: 11.4 mi
  • Small Wall: 11.4 mi
Historic sites: 38
Beaches: 25
  • Goose Pond Park Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Goose Pond Dam Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Canaan Street Lake Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Shakoma Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Chase Town Beach: 8.6 mi
Museums: 22
Artworks: 18
Waterfalls: 16
Attractions: 14
Covered bridges: 10
Picnic sites: 5
Gardens: 5
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 18.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (Mascoma River Division). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Smarts MountainN 8°983 m6.9 mi
Mount CardiganSE 128°956 m8.7 mi
FirescrewSE 125°934 m8.6 mi
Cardigan South PeakSE 129°865 m8.9 mi
Cardigan RimrockSE 131°851 m8.8 mi
Black HillNNE 16°793 m9.7 mi
Orange MountainSE 132°782 m9.6 mi
Lampier HillNNE 18°722 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:01
June solstice05:0719:5020:34
September equinox06:3618:1018:48
December solstice07:2015:2716:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029425564696860473625
Precip in2.62.22.72.93.54.14.33.73.44.33.13.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union Village DAM, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1386358474

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