Smith Pond Bog Wildlife Sanctuary
Smith Pond Bog Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 161 m. Craney Hill stands 420 m to the west-southwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Kimball Lake Recreation Area, a park 0.7 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail runs past it.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Audubon Society of NH
How to reach it
- On the Currier & Ives Trail
- 3.0 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 11.6 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
- 14.6 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kimball Lake Recreation Area: 0.7 mi
- Kimball Pond Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
- Elm Brook Park: 2.7 mi
- Riverway Park: 3.1 mi
- Houston Park: 3.5 mi
- Putney Hill: 0.8 mi
- Irish Hill: 1.0 mi
- Beech Hill: 2.2 mi
- Emerson Hill: 2.3 mi
- Gould Hill: 2.3 mi
- Ransmeier Woods: 0.8 mi
- Hawthorne Town Forest: 1.0 mi
- Goodwin-Chandler State Forest: 1.3 mi
- John Brockway Nature Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Rollins Lot: 3.1 mi
- NH Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch: 7.3 mi
- Boudreau Square: 7.7 mi
- End of the First N.H. Turnpike: 7.9 mi
- Little Nature Museum: 2.5 mi
- Weare Historical Society: 6.7 mi
- New Hampshire Historical Society: 7.2 mi
- Mary Baker Eddy House: 7.2 mi
- Museum of the New Hampshire Historical Society: 7.4 mi
- Riverland Beach: 8.7 mi
- White Sands Beach: 10.0 mi
- Catamount Pond Beach: 14.9 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 18.1 mi
- Lagace Beach: 18.9 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 7.3 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 7.3 mi
- Christa McAuliffe: 7.3 mi
- Daniel Webster: 7.3 mi
- John Parker Hale: 7.3 mi
- Everett Dam: 6.5 mi
- Everett Dam: 6.5 mi
- Everett Dam: 6.5 mi
- Everett Dam: 6.5 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 7.8 mi
- Gleason Falls: 14.2 mi
- Brennan Falls: 15.6 mi
- Senter Falls: 17.6 mi
- Steeles Falls: 18.6 mi
- Upper Falls: 20.7 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliff: 10.6 mi
- Baker Ledge: 16.3 mi
- The Bulkhead: 20.6 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 11.5 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 11.5 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 13.4 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 15.4 mi
- Botanical Garden: 15.5 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 21.0 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 22.0 mi
- River Road Spring: 13.8 mi
- (seasonal): 19.3 mi
- Huckins Spring: 21.8 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 17.1 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Smith Pond Bog Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craney Hill | WSW 248° | 420 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Hunger | WSW 244° | 405 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Wallingford | SSW 200° | 364 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Dearborn | SSW 198° | 363 m | 8.9 mi |
| Liberty Hill | W 278° | 362 m | 9.2 mi |
| Cove Hill | SW 230° | 360 m | 9.2 mi |
| Chevy Hill | SSW 214° | 359 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mine Hill | SSW 201° | 354 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:47 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:28 | 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 | 22 | 23 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hopkinton Lake, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/47798187
Day trips start here
- Concord · 7 mi
- Merrimack Valley · 10 mi
- Hooksett · 12 mi
- Manchester · 17 mi
- Bedford · 18 mi
- Franklin · 18 mi
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