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Spaulding Brook Conservation Area

Spaulding Brook Conservation Area from directly overhead

Spaulding Brook Conservation Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 188 m. Pack Monadnock Mountain stands 692 m to the northwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Nissitissit River Headwaters Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Mason Conservation Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates42.78063, -71.74071

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Mason Railroad Trail: 2.4 mi
  • Myrtle Marsh Park: 3.7 mi
  • Taft Memorial Field: 3.8 mi
  • Main Street Park: 4.3 mi
  • Whiting Park: 4.5 mi
Artworks
  • Inside: 5.0 mi
  • House of Wish: 5.0 mi
  • Communication: 5.0 mi
  • Phoenix: 5.0 mi
  • Reminiscence: 5.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Police Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 6.0 mi
  • Wallingford House: 6.4 mi
  • Bayley House: 6.5 mi
Attractions
Museums: 44
Beaches: 29
  • Silver Lake Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Baboosic Lake Town Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 10.9 mi
  • Dog Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 24
Waterfalls: 13
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 5.8 mi
  • The Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Middle Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Trap Falls: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 5
Springs: 4
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 12.8 mi
  • River Road Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Spaulding Brook Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pack Monadnock MountainNW 309°692 m9.0 mi
Holt PeakWNW 294°623 m8.0 mi
Burton PeakWNW 287°605 m8.0 mi
Temple MountainWNW 300°596 m8.5 mi
New Ipswich MountainWSW 255°563 m9.2 mi
Barrett MountainW 262°561 m8.9 mi
Kidder MountainW 272°549 m7.2 mi
Wildcat HillW 272°529 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:30
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222532445463696760483828
Precip in3.43.34.24.43.74.33.63.84.25.44.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville 1 NNE, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1409925764

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