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Watkins Forest

Watkins Forest from directly overhead

Watkins Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. North Uncanoonuc Mountain stands 401 m to the north-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mitchell Woods, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 6.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Merrimack Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.87952, -71.53376
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bishop Field: 0.6 mi
  • Weston Park: 1.6 mi
  • O'Gara Drive Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
  • Swenson Fields: 1.9 mi
  • Timothy Gibson Memorial Complex: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 2.2 mi
  • Millennium Child: 7.7 mi
  • Brigadier General John Stark: 8.5 mi
  • The Face of PSA: 8.7 mi
  • Diversity: 8.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Matthew Thornton Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Big Moose: 4.1 mi
  • Amherst Civil War Monument: 4.8 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Police Memorial: 6.8 mi
Attractions
  • Hudson Speedway: 7.8 mi
  • The Amoskeag Fishways: 9.0 mi
  • Labyrinth: 9.5 mi
  • Moonlight Meadery: 9.7 mi
  • Frog Rock: 10.2 mi
Museums: 52
Beaches: 21
Gardens: 19
Waterfalls: 10
  • Wildcat Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Middle Falls: 8.9 mi
  • The Falls: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 13.0 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 16.2 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 18.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • River Road Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Watkins Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Uncanoonuc MountainNNW 335°401 m8.5 mi
South Uncanoonuc MountainNNW 339°395 m7.7 mi
Joe English HillNW 306°388 m8.1 mi
South HillWNW 294°314 m9.2 mi
Storey HillWNW 293°307 m8.7 mi
Roby HillWNW 300°302 m7.0 mi
McCollom HillWNW 291°277 m8.3 mi
Pead HillW 264°277 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0819:4620:29
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1515:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766727062503929
Precip in3.83.33.74.03.54.33.53.94.24.83.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Milford, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797837

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