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Susan Bon Whittemore Hill Preserve

Susan Bon Whittemore Hill Preserve from directly overhead

Susan Bon Whittemore Hill Preserve is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 344 m. Holt Peak stands 623 m to the north-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Whittemore Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Monadnock Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.72189, -71.83808

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
  • Taft Memorial Field: 3.2 mi
  • Myrtle Marsh Park: 3.4 mi
  • Mason Railroad Trail: 4.6 mi
  • TAYBS Craven Field: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
  • New England Glassworks: 5.9 mi
  • Fitchburg Creamery: 8.4 mi
  • Rollstone Hill Rock Walk: 9.5 mi
  • World War 2 Memorial: 9.5 mi
  • Steam Turbine Monument: 9.8 mi
Artworks
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 7.1 mi
  • CAVA: 8.4 mi
  • Prima Del Bacio (Before The Kiss): 8.4 mi
  • Phoenix: 8.4 mi
  • Windows Into Big Bear Mountain: 8.4 mi
Museums: 32
Attractions: 31
Beaches: 28
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 7.2 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 7.6 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 10.8 mi
Gardens: 21
  • Sundial Community Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Maple Hill Gardens: 11.7 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Katie's Garden: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Trap Falls: 4.6 mi
  • The Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Cascades: 11.6 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 11.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 4
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 15.8 mi
  • River Road Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 15.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Susan Bon Whittemore Hill Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt PeakNNW 342°623 m7.7 mi
Burton PeakNNW 337°605 m7.0 mi
Temple MountainNNW 343°596 m8.6 mi
New Ipswich MountainWNW 292°563 m4.3 mi
Barrett MountainNW 305°561 m4.8 mi
Mount WataticWSW 238°555 m3.3 mi
Pratt MountainW 281°551 m4.2 mi
Kidder MountainNNW 332°549 m4.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2219:00
June solstice05:1019:4720:30
September equinox06:3518:0918:47
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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1409919225

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