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South Wah Lum Reserve

South Wah Lum Reserve from directly overhead

South Wah Lum Reserve is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 171 m. North Pack Monadnock Mountain stands 694 m to the west, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Nadeau Forest, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mont Vernon Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.87680, -71.69872
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Hartshorn Pond Park: 1.8 mi
  • Curtiss Dogwood Natural Area: 1.9 mi
  • Carleton Pond Park: 1.9 mi
  • Upper Grove: 2.3 mi
  • Carnival Hill Recreation Area: 2.4 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • Communication: 10.2 mi
  • First Friendship: 10.2 mi
  • Neitherthere (Absence as a Reality): 10.2 mi
  • City Lights: 10.2 mi
  • House of Wish: 10.2 mi
Museums: 35
Beaches: 25
Gardens: 15
Waterfalls: 12
  • Middle Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Upper Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Senter Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 7.6 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of South Wah Lum Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Pack Monadnock MountainW 274°694 m8.5 mi
Pack Monadnock MountainW 264°692 m9.2 mi
Whitcomb PeakWSW 249°524 m9.2 mi
Rose MountainNW 305°523 m6.6 mi
The PinnacleNW 307°511 m5.9 mi
Winn MountainWNW 292°503 m6.1 mi
Lyndeborough MountainNW 305°491 m6.2 mi
North Uncanoonuc MountainNNE 31°401 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4720:30
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766726961493929
Precip in3.03.03.84.13.44.03.73.74.04.93.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1413178764

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