Nature reserve · New Hampshire
Wayne and Trudy Beaver Saga Pond Forest
Wayne and Trudy Beaver Saga Pond Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the northwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Pumpkin Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 3.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates43.32349, -71.79938
- 3.7 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 8.6 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 10.9 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
- 13.6 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Pumpkin Hill: 1.2 mi
- Bean Hill: 1.7 mi
- Tory Hill: 2.1 mi
- Littles Hill: 2.2 mi
- Sawyer Hill: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Knights Meadow Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
- Warner Town Forest: 2.4 mi
- Warner Town Forest: 2.5 mi
- Carroll State Forest: 2.5 mi
- Warner Town Forest: 2.6 mi
Parks
- School Street Park: 2.9 mi
- Riverside Park: 3.2 mi
- Winslow State Park: 5.8 mi
- Maplewood Recreation Field: 6.0 mi
- Park Avenue Field: 7.1 mi
Historic sites: 29
- Gerrish Depot: 8.0 mi
- Boudreau Square: 10.5 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial Historic site: 10.8 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial Historic Site: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 24
- Wadleigh State Beach: 7.9 mi
- Elkins Beach: 9.7 mi
- Riverland Beach: 10.7 mi
- Lagace Beach: 11.1 mi
- Griffin Beach: 11.7 mi
Museums: 20
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 3.1 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 3.1 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 8.3 mi
- Little Nature Museum: 9.0 mi
- Franklin Firefighter's Museum: 11.2 mi
Artworks: 14
- Uranus: 15.2 mi
- Neptune: 15.2 mi
- Pluto: 15.3 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 15.4 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Baker Ledge: 5.4 mi
- The Bulkhead: 9.9 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 17.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliff: 21.9 mi
- The Ledges: 22.7 mi
Attractions: 7
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 15.1 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 15.7 mi
- Everett Dam: 17.4 mi
- Everett Dam: 17.4 mi
- Everett Dam: 17.4 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Gleason Falls: 14.7 mi
- Profile Falls: 17.2 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 18.8 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 22.8 mi
- Brennan Falls: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Canterbury Rest Area: 10.2 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 15.4 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 18.2 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 22.0 mi
Gardens: 4
- Garden at Tracy Library: 11.2 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 15.8 mi
- Botanical Garden: 15.9 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 18.0 mi
Springs: 4
- (seasonal): 15.6 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 19.6 mi
- Huckins Spring: 21.0 mi
- River Road Spring: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Hippy Hill: 14.3 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 22.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Cillryville Bridge: 8.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Wayne and Trudy Beaver Saga Pond Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kearsarge | NW 325° | 891 m | 5.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | NW 315° | 774 m | 4.7 mi |
| Little Mountain | NNW 328° | 710 m | 4.3 mi |
| Sawyer Hill | NW 326° | 555 m | 2.3 mi |
| Stewarts Peak | SW 215° | 552 m | 6.0 mi |
| Gage Hill | WNW 297° | 539 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mink Hills | SSW 212° | 496 m | 5.3 mi |
| Morey Hill | NNW 331° | 437 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:48 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:28 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 25 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salisbury, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1394819642
Day trips start here
- Franklin · 11 mi
- New London · 11 mi
- Tilton · 13 mi
- Concord · 14 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 20 mi
- Laconia · 22 mi
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