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Wason Pond Conservation & Recreation Area

Wason Pond Conservation & Recreation Area from directly overhead

Wason Pond Conservation & Recreation Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. North Mount Pawtuckaway stands 308 m to the north, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mardens Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Town of Chester
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.98465, -71.21982

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Early American Clocks: 2.7 mi
  • cellar hole: 3.1 mi
  • Historic Hazelton mill: 3.4 mi
  • cellar hole: 4.2 mi
  • cellar hole: 4.7 mi
Parks
  • Edward C. Garvey Recreation Facility: 2.8 mi
  • Cammett Fields: 3.4 mi
  • Riverside Park: 3.8 mi
  • Seeley Park & Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Emerson's Mill & Patten's Mill Sites: 4.6 mi
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
  • Anchor: 9.5 mi
  • Bear with Fish: 10.6 mi
  • Brigadier General John Stark: 12.3 mi
  • Milbuie: 13.6 mi
  • Scatwell: 13.7 mi
Gardens: 57
Beaches: 36
Waterfalls: 16
  • Great Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Hook Island Falls: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Lower Slabs: 9.4 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 9.5 mi
  • Boulder Natural: 9.5 mi
  • Ridgeline Climbing: 9.6 mi
  • Devil's Den Cliff: 9.7 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Rest areas: 10
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 11.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 14.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 15.3 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 15.5 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 15.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Jailhouse Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 17.4 mi
  • River Road Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Rail Spring: 23.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Wason Pond Conservation & Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Mount PawtuckawayN 7°308 m9.4 mi
South Mount PawtuckawayNNE 14°303 m8.3 mi
Middle Mount PawtuckawayN 11°287 m8.6 mi
Walnut HillNW 326°210 m8.4 mi
Tower HillWNW 299°209 m8.2 mi
Longview HillN 3°196 m8.1 mi
Rocky RidgeNNE 11°192 m9.6 mi
Dumplingtown HillNNW 344°191 m3.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0719:4520:28
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1415:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242734465665716962504030
Precip in3.03.34.24.14.04.03.63.73.94.93.74.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Hampstead, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1416376778

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