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Wildcat Falls Conservation Area

Wildcat Falls Conservation Area from directly overhead

Wildcat Falls Conservation Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. North Uncanoonuc Mountain stands 401 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildcat Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 4.7 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Merrimack Conservation Commission
Getting there

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Coordinates42.85732, -71.50507
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Timothy Gibson Memorial Complex: 0.3 mi
  • O'Gara Drive Recreation Area: 0.7 mi
  • Fraser Square: 0.7 mi
  • Watson Park: 0.7 mi
  • Abbie Griffin Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 0.8 mi
  • Millennium Child: 5.7 mi
  • The Face of PSA: 6.7 mi
  • Diversity: 6.8 mi
  • Children Reading: 6.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Hudson Speedway: 5.7 mi
  • Labyrinth: 7.6 mi
  • Moonlight Meadery: 8.4 mi
  • The Amoskeag Fishways: 10.1 mi
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 10.3 mi
Museums: 56
Beaches: 22
Gardens: 22
Waterfalls: 10
  • Wildcat Falls: 0.1 mi
  • The Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Middle Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 11.2 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 16.0 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 22.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • River Road Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Wildcat Falls Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Uncanoonuc MountainNNW 331°401 m10.5 mi
South Uncanoonuc MountainNNW 334°395 m9.7 mi
Joe English HillNW 308°388 m10.1 mi
Storey HillWNW 298°307 m10.7 mi
Roby HillWNW 304°302 m9.0 mi
McCollom HillWNW 296°277 m10.3 mi
Prospect HillWNW 288°269 m8.7 mi
Purgatory HillWNW 284°269 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0819:4620:29
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1415:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465867737163514030
Precip in3.43.24.34.23.94.33.73.94.04.83.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nashua 2 NNW, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797829

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