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West Branch Brook Forest

West Branch Brook Forest from directly overhead

West Branch Brook Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 205 m. Green Mountain stands 1,061 m to the northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. River Heritage Tour passes 0.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Campton Conservation Commission
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.85304, -71.67591

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Pattee Conservation Park: 3.2 mi
  • Crawfords Memorial Field: 4.0 mi
  • Langdon Park: 6.1 mi
  • Mirror Lake Public Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 6.4 mi
Cliffs
  • South America Wall: 6.2 mi
  • The Ocean: 6.3 mi
  • The Beach: 6.3 mi
  • The Central Tongue: 6.3 mi
  • Dark Passenger Upper: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 45
  • Livermore Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Mill Brook Cascade: 5.7 mi
  • Beede Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Waternomee Falls: 9.6 mi
Historic sites: 26
Beaches: 25
Attractions: 22
  • Redstone Rocket: 11.8 mi
  • Ice Castles: 12.7 mi
  • Alpine Adventures Outdoor Recreation: 12.8 mi
  • Lost River Gorge & Boulder Caves: 13.8 mi
  • The Old Country Store: 15.5 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 6.6 mi
  • #19 / Enigmatic Dream: 16.1 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 16.1 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 16.1 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 16.1 mi
Museums: 14
Picnic sites: 6
Springs: 5
  • Crystal Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 18.3 mi
  • lower falls: 24.2 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Peace Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 10.8 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 15.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
  • Edgell Covered Bridge: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of West Branch Brook Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green MountainNE 40°1,061 m8.8 mi
Carr MountainWNW 285°1,058 m8.6 mi
Jennings PeakENE 64°1,038 m9.2 mi
Mount KineoNW 311°1,011 m8.1 mi
Mount CushmanNW 325°971 m8.9 mi
Mount Kineo, East PeakNW 318°909 m6.1 mi
Stinson MountainWSW 256°878 m5.3 mi
Green MountainNNW 332°842 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0519:4920:33
September equinox06:3518:0818:46
December solstice07:1815:2516:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130425362676558463524
Precip in3.22.63.23.33.74.44.53.83.64.63.64.0

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1388908350

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