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Widow Gage Town Forest

Widow Gage Town Forest from directly overhead

Widow Gage Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 408 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Rosalind & Fred Slavic Wilderness Preserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Town of Fitzwilliam
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.77694, -72.21107

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Eliza Ballou Monument: 3.4 mi
  • Cheshire Railroad Depot Monument: 3.6 mi
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
Museums: 30
  • Troy Station: 3.6 mi
  • Troy Historical Society: 3.6 mi
  • Royalston Post Office: 7.3 mi
  • Royalston Historical Society: 7.3 mi
  • The Warwick Historical Society and Museum: 9.2 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Stone Bridge: 4.3 mi
  • Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 11.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 14.9 mi
  • Path Continues: 15.0 mi
  • Path Continues: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 21
  • Troy Cliffs: 3.2 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Black Precipice: 7.5 mi
  • Billings Fold: 7.8 mi
  • Table Rock: 13.9 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 3.3 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 4.3 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Falls Brook Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 8.9 mi
Artworks: 13
  • Clyde II: 10.4 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 10.6 mi
  • Reaching: 10.8 mi
  • Aurora: 10.9 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 11.2 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Noahs Ark: 10.5 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 13.2 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 8.0 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 18.0 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Widow Gage Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockNE 42°965 m7.8 mi
Bald RockNE 45°790 m7.5 mi
Monte RosaNE 42°749 m7.4 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakNE 52°579 m4.7 mi
Little Monadnock MountainNNE 16°571 m0.9 mi
Gap Mountain - North PeakNE 49°561 m4.8 mi
Bigelow HillNNE 31°472 m5.7 mi
The PinnacleE 80°467 m2.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1119:4820:31
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1715:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634475968747264514030
Precip in3.62.93.93.53.54.54.64.34.34.73.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tully Lake, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797068

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