Nature reserve · New Hampshire
Welton Falls State Forest
Welton Falls State Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 378 m. Mount Cardigan stands 956 m to the west, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Welton Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. River Heritage Tour passes 9.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands
How to reach it
Coordinates43.65257, -71.87095
- 9.8 mi off the River Heritage Tour
- 11.8 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
- 17.7 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 17.1 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Post Pond Overlook · 19 mi
- Balch Hill · 20 mi
- Indian Ridge · 21 mi
- Norman Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Cardigan Reservation: 0.5 mi
- Alexandria Town Forest: 1.7 mi
- Forest Legacy Tract: 2.1 mi
- Bear Mountain Conservation Area: 3.3 mi
- John K. Gemmill Forest: 3.7 mi
Peaks
- Bailey Hill: 0.7 mi
- Oregon Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Mowglis Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Firescrew: 2.0 mi
- Mount Cardigan: 2.2 mi
Parks
- Everett Hobart Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
- Sculptured Rocks Geologic Site: 4.0 mi
- Barrett Park: 5.6 mi
- Crosby Mountain State Park: 6.4 mi
- Cummings Beach: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 59
- The Ledges: 4.0 mi
- 5.8 Crag: 10.4 mi
- Slab Wall: 10.4 mi
- Venus Wall: 10.4 mi
- Small Wall: 10.5 mi
Beaches: 40
- Avery-Crouse Beach: 7.1 mi
- Canaan Street Lake Beach: 8.6 mi
- Goose Pond Dam Beach: 11.1 mi
- Goose Pond Park Beach: 12.1 mi
- Springfield Town Beach: 14.3 mi
Historic sites: 39
- Former Remick Place: 6.3 mi
- Canaan Veterans' Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Former Hall Place: 8.0 mi
- The Frost House: 11.6 mi
- The Common: 11.7 mi
Artworks: 35
- Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 11.7 mi
- #14 / White: 18.5 mi
- #28 / South of the Border in Koyoto: 18.5 mi
- #19 / Enigmatic Dream: 18.5 mi
- #25 / Bear: 18.5 mi
Museums: 20
- Canaan Historical Museum: 8.6 mi
- Museum of the White Mountains: 11.6 mi
- Whipple House: 12.3 mi
- Shaker Museum: 13.9 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Welton Falls: 0.4 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 1.4 mi
- Sculptured Rocks: 3.9 mi
- Profile Falls: 9.0 mi
- Livermore Falls: 13.7 mi
Attractions: 14
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 3.3 mi
- Redstone Rocket: 18.9 mi
- Lyme-East Thetford Bridge: 19.1 mi
- Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 19.8 mi
- Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Hippy Hill: 8.8 mi
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Campton Day Use Area: 19.4 mi
- Area 1: 22.1 mi
- Area 2: 22.3 mi
Covered bridges: 5
- Cillryville Bridge: 15.4 mi
- Edgell Covered Bridge: 20.9 mi
- Union Village Covered Bridge: 21.3 mi
- Sayre Bridge: 22.7 mi
- Willard Twin Covered Bridge: 24.3 mi
Gardens: 4
- Peace Garden: 11.8 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 17.4 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 18.9 mi
- Life Sciences Greenhouse: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 17.2 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 17.6 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 24.0 mi
Springs: 2
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 7.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 11.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Welton Falls State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cardigan | W 265° | 956 m | 2.2 mi |
| Firescrew | W 276° | 934 m | 2.0 mi |
| Cardigan South Peak | WSW 257° | 865 m | 2.2 mi |
| Cardigan Rimrock | WSW 254° | 851 m | 2.5 mi |
| Orange Mountain | SW 235° | 782 m | 2.4 mi |
| Crane Mountain | SW 215° | 727 m | 2.6 mi |
| Mowglis Mountain | NNW 329° | 720 m | 1.8 mi |
| Mount Tug | WNW 298° | 713 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:27 | 16:14 |
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 | 18 | 20 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 45 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grafton, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Newt20 obs
- bluebead lily20 obs
- hobblebush19 obs
- Cucumber Root18 obs
- painted trillium14 obs
- partridgeberry12 obs
- eastern hemlock11 obs
- American beech11 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/47798942
Day trips start here
- Orange · 5 mi
- Ashland · 12 mi
- Wentworth · 15 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 17 mi
- New London · 17 mi
- Franklin · 18 mi
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