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Tompkins Preserve

Tompkins Preserve from directly overhead

Tompkins Preserve is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 219 m. Sandwich Mountain stands 1,215 m to the north, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Buzzell Ridge, a peak 0.5 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 4.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Squam Lakes Conservation Society
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.79956, -71.47539

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Everrett Field: 1.7 mi
  • Sunshine Park: 1.7 mi
  • Sandwich Notch Park: 1.9 mi
  • Quimby Field: 1.9 mi
  • Remick Park: 4.8 mi
Cliffs
Waterfalls: 39
  • Lower Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Beede Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Fletcher Cascades: 9.0 mi
Beaches: 33
Attractions: 25
  • The Old Country Store: 5.0 mi
  • Lucknow Mansion: 9.1 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Funspot: 12.8 mi
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 12.9 mi
Historic sites: 24
Museums: 20
Artworks: 20
  • Frog Rock: 8.7 mi
  • #20 / Nova: 9.8 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 9.8 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 9.8 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 9.8 mi
Springs: 5
  • Elliott Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 10.9 mi
  • lower falls: 18.8 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Campton Day Use Area: 9.0 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Fay Waside Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 20.5 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Peace Garden: 11.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 22.1 mi
  • The Basin, East: 24.4 mi
  • The Basin, West: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Tompkins Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandwich MountainN 351°1,215 m7.0 mi
Sandwich DomeN 351°1,206 m7.1 mi
Jennings PeakNNW 347°1,038 m7.9 mi
Flat MountainN 4°1,015 m8.9 mi
Noon PeakN 351°893 m8.4 mi
Flat MountainNNE 12°886 m7.4 mi
Faraway MountainESE 108°848 m8.6 mi
Black MountainNNW 335°830 m6.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0519:4820:32
September equinox06:3418:0718:45
December solstice07:1815:2516:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231435564696760473626
Precip in3.93.34.25.03.95.04.94.04.76.04.74.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1388903853

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