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Wells Town Forest

Wells Town Forest from directly overhead

Wells Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 255 m. Fort Mountain stands 424 m to the northwest, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Edythe H. Boisvert Town Forest, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Amoskeag Millyard Scenic and Cultural Byway passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Town of Deerfield
Getting there

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Coordinates43.16639, -71.30192
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Veasey Park: 2.6 mi
  • Peg King Park: 3.8 mi
  • James Park: 3.9 mi
  • Bicentennial Field: 4.1 mi
  • Catamount Pond Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Deerfield Parade: 3.8 mi
  • Veterans: 5.5 mi
  • Josie Langmaid Memorial: 7.5 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 7.9 mi
  • Suncook Village: 8.0 mi
Museums: 41
Artworks: 31
Attractions: 19
  • Deerfield Fairgrounds: 5.4 mi
  • Candia Springs Adventure Park: 7.6 mi
  • Block Party Social: 11.0 mi
  • Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 12.3 mi
  • The Amoskeag Fishways: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Catamount Pond Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Northwood Lake Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Bennett's Bridge Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Mary Waldron Beach: 7.4 mi
  • White Sands Beach: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Steeles Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Hook Island Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 17.1 mi
Gardens: 13
Cliffs: 12
  • Devil's Den Cliff: 6.5 mi
  • Ridgeline Climbing: 6.6 mi
  • Boulder Natural: 6.7 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 7.0 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 4
  • Two Sisters Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 21.4 mi
  • River Road Spring: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Wells Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fort MountainNW 325°424 m1.5 mi
Nottingham MountainN 359°411 m0.8 mi
Catamount MountainN 2°403 m7.5 mi
McCoy MountainNNW 327°384 m2.6 mi
Evans MountainNNE 33°370 m9.5 mi
Neville PeakN 359°363 m1.3 mi
Nats MountainWNW 295°356 m1.3 mi
Saddleback MountainE 80°347 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:58
June solstice05:0619:4620:29
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1515:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533455766717061493928
Precip in2.82.83.33.43.53.83.63.63.64.43.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Concord Asos, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47798343

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