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Temple Town Forest

Temple Town Forest from directly overhead

Temple Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 319 m. North Pack Monadnock Mountain stands 694 m to the west-northwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Joanne Bass Bross Preserve, a nature reserve 1.9 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Temple Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.87046, -71.83200

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Miller State Park: 2.5 mi
  • Goss Park: 3.1 mi
  • Marshall-Thomas Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
  • Zephyr Lake Town Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Main Street Park: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Cultural Cocoon: 6.0 mi
  • Armillary: 11.9 mi
  • House of Wish: 12.7 mi
  • Communication: 12.7 mi
  • Frieda Carrying the Marble Player: 12.7 mi
Museums: 38
  • Mariposa Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Milford Historical Society: 9.5 mi
  • The Cabinet Press Printing Museum: 9.6 mi
  • New Boston Historical Society: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 24
Beaches: 22
Waterfalls: 17
  • Bonner Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Middle Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Senter Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 6.7 mi
Gardens: 14
Cliffs: 7
  • Billings Fold: 14.0 mi
  • Black Precipice: 14.2 mi
  • Raymond Cliff: 17.7 mi
  • Rattlesnake Cliff: 17.9 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 20.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 13.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 16.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 24.4 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Temple Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Pack Monadnock MountainWNW 302°694 m2.0 mi
Pack Monadnock MountainWSW 256°692 m2.4 mi
Crotched MountainNNW 347°630 m9.1 mi
Holt PeakSW 222°623 m4.0 mi
Burton PeakSW 219°605 m4.9 mi
Temple MountainSW 233°596 m3.4 mi
New Ipswich MountainSSW 206°563 m9.6 mi
Barrett MountainSSW 209°561 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2219:00
June solstice05:0919:4720:30
September equinox06:3518:0918:47
December solstice07:1615:3116:17

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797192

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