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Wilton Town Forest

Wilton Town Forest from directly overhead

Wilton Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 127 m. North Pack Monadnock Mountain stands 694 m to the west-northwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Main Street Park, a park 0.5 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 9.5 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Wilton Conservation Commission

How to reach it

Coordinates42.84399, -71.74693

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Main Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Whiting Park: 0.6 mi
  • Carnival Hill Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
  • Curtiss Dogwood Natural Area: 1.5 mi
  • Goss Park: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Communication: 8.8 mi
  • House of Wish: 8.8 mi
  • Frieda Carrying the Marble Player: 8.8 mi
  • Reminiscence: 8.8 mi
  • Etruscan Maenad: Mother Bear: 8.8 mi
Museums: 32
Beaches: 27
Attractions: 25
Gardens: 17
Waterfalls: 13
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Middle Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Senter Falls: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Rattlesnake Cliff: 16.7 mi
  • Old Limestone Quarry: 17.4 mi
  • Raymond Cliff: 17.9 mi
  • Billings Fold: 18.4 mi
  • Black Precipice: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 10.4 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 17.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Wilton Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Pack Monadnock MountainWNW 296°694 m6.7 mi
Pack Monadnock MountainW 281°692 m6.8 mi
Holt PeakW 261°623 m7.1 mi
Burton PeakWSW 255°605 m7.6 mi
Temple MountainW 268°596 m7.1 mi
Kidder MountainWSW 239°549 m8.0 mi
Wildcat HillWSW 240°529 m8.3 mi
Whitcomb PeakW 260°524 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4720:30
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222532445463696760483828
Precip in3.43.34.24.43.74.33.63.84.25.44.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville 1 NNE, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797198

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