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Tucker Mountain Town Forest

Tucker Mountain Town Forest from directly overhead

Tucker Mountain Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 245 m. Gunstock Mountain stands 674 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Frances Austin Eames Recreation & Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 4.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Meredith Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.59584, -71.58107

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Eames Recreation and Wildlife Area: 0.8 mi
  • Hamlin-Eames-Smyth Recreation: 1.2 mi
  • Childs Park: 2.9 mi
  • Waukewan Highlands Community Park: 4.4 mi
  • Robbie Mills Sports Complex: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 56
Beaches: 36
  • Hermit Lake Town Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Sandborn Town Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Waukewan Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Weirs Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Leslie E. Roberts Beach: 7.1 mi
Historic sites: 35
Artworks: 20
  • Turitella: 5.7 mi
  • Dragon Fly: 5.8 mi
  • #14 / White: 5.8 mi
  • #10 / Dog: 5.8 mi
  • #28 / South of the Border in Koyoto: 5.8 mi
Museums: 20
Waterfalls: 19
  • Profile Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Livermore Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Welton Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Sculptured Rocks: 15.7 mi
  • Falls of Song: 16.0 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 5.3 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Funspot: 5.3 mi
  • Go-Karts: 6.5 mi
  • Bumper Boats: 6.5 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Peace Garden: 12.7 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 14.8 mi
  • Botanical Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 17.0 mi
  • Garden at Tracy Library: 23.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 7.2 mi
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Hippy Hill: 14.9 mi
  • Campton Day Use Area: 19.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Tucker Mountain Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gunstock MountainESE 115°674 m11.2 mi
Plymouth MountainNW 318°664 m10.6 mi
Hersey MountainWSW 242°608 m4.3 mi
Peaked HillWNW 303°575 m7.0 mi
Bristol PeakWNW 293°547 m6.5 mi
Page HillWSW 245°516 m11.1 mi
Mount RoweESE 109°509 m10.7 mi
Bridgewater MountainNW 317°501 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0619:4820:32
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1715:2616:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332445666717062503928
Precip in3.12.93.43.63.54.44.63.93.84.83.73.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakeport 2, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797006

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