Sutton Town Forest & Wetland
Sutton Town Forest & Wetland is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 277 m. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the east-northeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Wadleigh State Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Sutton Conservation Commission
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 10.1 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 19.9 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 18.1 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 6 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 26 mi
- Indian Ridge · 28 mi
- Norman Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wadleigh State Park: 0.2 mi
- Wilmot Town Ball Field: 4.2 mi
- Pierce Park: 4.2 mi
- Scytheville Park: 4.3 mi
- The Sargent Common: 4.4 mi
- Sutton Pines: 0.7 mi
- Shadow Hill State Forest: 0.8 mi
- Seymour Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Sundell Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Maple Leaf Natural Area: 1.6 mi
- Porter Hill: 0.7 mi
- Wadleigh Hill: 0.7 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 1.3 mi
- Fellows Hill: 1.8 mi
- Rowell Hill: 1.9 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 14.7 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 14.7 mi
- William A. Fenlason Square: 15.8 mi
- Odell Park Arch: 16.1 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 0.3 mi
- Elkins Beach: 4.3 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 5.0 mi
- State Park Beach: 6.0 mi
- Bucklin Beach: 6.2 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 4.9 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 7.0 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 7.3 mi
- Sunapee Historical Society: 7.6 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 8.2 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 11.5 mi
- Uranus: 22.6 mi
- Neptune: 22.7 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 22.8 mi
- Pluto: 22.8 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 11.7 mi
- Gleason Falls: 14.7 mi
- Profile Falls: 18.0 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 19.0 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 19.0 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 19.9 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 22.5 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 22.7 mi
- Everett Dam: 23.1 mi
- Everett Dam: 23.2 mi
- Baker Ledge: 2.6 mi
- The Bulkhead: 9.6 mi
- The Ledges: 21.8 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 22.7 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 4.5 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 14.6 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 22.8 mi
- Botanical Garden: 22.8 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 11.1 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- (seasonal): 12.2 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 19.7 mi
- Hippy Hill: 12.3 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 23.5 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 6.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Sutton Town Forest & Wetland. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kearsarge | ENE 67° | 891 m | 4.7 mi |
| Summit | WSW 246° | 828 m | 7.2 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | WSW 242° | 824 m | 7.0 mi |
| South Peak | WSW 241° | 794 m | 6.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | ENE 75° | 774 m | 4.0 mi |
| Little Mountain | ENE 75° | 710 m | 5.1 mi |
| North Peak | WSW 249° | 692 m | 7.0 mi |
| Bald Sunapee | SW 222° | 632 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:29 | 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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Sunapee, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/47797578
Day trips start here
- New London · 4 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 13 mi
- Franklin · 16 mi
- Tilton · 19 mi
- Claremont · 20 mi
- Orange · 21 mi
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