Spaulding Wildlife Management Area
Spaulding Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 328 m. Gove Hill stands 589 m to the east-southeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Hubbard Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 0.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- NH Dept of Fish & Game
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 15.2 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 16.1 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
Overlooks nearby
- View of Bellows Falls · 10 mi
- Eagles Nest · 17 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 17 mi
- Lincoln Covered Bridge · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hubbard Hill: 0.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 1.1 mi
- Perry Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Skitchewaug Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Skitchewaug Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Charlestown Town Forest - Halls Pond Lot: 2.2 mi
- Charlestown Town Forest - Reservoir Lot: 2.2 mi
- Unity Town Land: 2.5 mi
- Stowell Forest County Land: 2.9 mi
- Judkins Farm County Land: 3.0 mi
- Skitchewaug Wildlife Management Area: 2.5 mi
- Patch Park: 3.3 mi
- Swan Commons: 3.7 mi
- Muckross State Park: 3.9 mi
- Hartness Park: 4.5 mi
- The Fort at No. 4: 3.1 mi
- The Fort at No 4: 3.1 mi
- Springfield Art and Historical Society Museum: 8.0 mi
- Alstead Historical Society: 9.0 mi
- Bellows Falls Historical Society Canal Street Museum: 10.5 mi
- naval gun: 6.7 mi
- naval gun: 6.7 mi
- civil war: 6.7 mi
- Former Salmond Covered Bridge Site: 8.8 mi
- civil war: 11.0 mi
- Corona Beach: 9.0 mi
- Stoughton Pond Recreation Area: 9.1 mi
- State Park Beach: 16.6 mi
- Croydon Town Beach: 16.8 mi
- Dewey Beach: 17.0 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 11.2 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 12.2 mi
- Hidden Falls: 12.5 mi
- Sumner Falls: 19.6 mi
- Buttermilk Lower Falls: 20.4 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 5.3 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 11.9 mi
- Art Gallery: 22.2 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 24.5 mi
- Baseball: 24.5 mi
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 8.5 mi
- Bartonsville Covered Bridge: 8.8 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 9.1 mi
- Upper Falls Covered Bridge: 10.9 mi
- Hall Bridge: 11.2 mi
- Green Mountain Railroad: 10.6 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 20.5 mi
- TimberQuest: 20.5 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 21.7 mi
- Site of Original Burton Snowboard Factory and Shop: 21.9 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 5.3 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 16.0 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 21.9 mi
- Table Rock: 10.5 mi
- Mine Ledge: 19.3 mi
- Blueberry Ledges: 24.5 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 19.1 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 23.6 mi
- (seasonal): 16.9 mi
- Wright Grove: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Spaulding Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gove Hill | ESE 107° | 589 m | 6.5 mi |
| Coffin Hill | ESE 109° | 582 m | 6.6 mi |
| Potato Hill | E 84° | 570 m | 7.4 mi |
| Unity Mountain | ENE 59° | 569 m | 6.4 mi |
| Pinnacle | ESE 120° | 544 m | 5.4 mi |
| Humphrey Hill | SE 129° | 542 m | 5.0 mi |
| Davis Hill | ESE 114° | 506 m | 6.4 mi |
| Sams Hill | S 180° | 503 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:24 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:50 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:31 | 16:17 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Springfield Lake, 8 mi away.
- common alder7 obs
- Wild Turkey4 obs
- Green Frog4 obs
- sharp-lobed hepatica4 obs
- Greater White-fronted Goose3 obs
- bloodroot3 obs
- eastern white pine3 obs
- Bald Eagle2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/47797491
Day trips start here
- Claremont · 7 mi
- Cornish · 13 mi
- Brownsville · 14 mi
- Windsor · 14 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 19 mi
- New London · 22 mi
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