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Franconia Notch State Park

Franconia Notch State Park from directly overhead

Franconia Notch State Park is a park in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 758 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the east-southeast, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is New England Ski Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 0.4 miles off.

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What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates44.16983, -71.69566

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
  • Hone Wall: 0.6 mi
  • Hermit Haven: 0.6 mi
  • Maggot Buttress: 0.6 mi
  • Square Inch Wall: 0.6 mi
  • Profile Cliff: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 51
Parks: 48
  • Fox Hill Park: 4.2 mi
  • The Frost Place: 4.3 mi
  • Dow Park: 4.6 mi
  • Coffin Pond Conservation Area: 5.9 mi
  • Gazebo Park: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 40
  • Boise Rock: 1.4 mi
  • The Basin: 3.4 mi
  • Liberty Gorge: 4.6 mi
  • Table Rock Flume Brook: 5.0 mi
  • Flume Gorge: 5.0 mi
Museums: 20
Historic sites: 13
  • Governor Gallen Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 8.0 mi
  • Chase cellar hole: 12.8 mi
  • Bath New Hampshire: 13.4 mi
  • Willey House: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Springs: 7
  • Liberty Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 13.0 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
Artworks: 3
  • Tree Harp: 10.2 mi
  • Sunflowers: 10.2 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 10.2 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 22.7 mi
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Franconia Notch State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LafayetteESE 104°1,600 m2.6 mi
Mount LincolnESE 120°1,551.12 m2.9 mi
North LincolnESE 112°1,524 m2.8 mi
North LafayetteE 95°1,519 m2.5 mi
South Twin MountainE 80°1,491 m7.1 mi
North Twin MountainENE 72°1,452 m7.2 mi
Little Haystack MountainSE 129°1,440 m3.2 mi
Mount BondE 98°1,432 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0419:5020:35
September equinox06:3518:0818:46
December solstice07:2015:2416:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029425463686659473626
Precip in3.43.03.45.24.24.86.03.93.85.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Nepp, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • bluebead lily113 obs
  • Canadian bunchberry97 obs
  • hobblebush74 obs
  • balsam fir71 obs
  • orange hawkweed59 obs
  • sheep laurel55 obs
  • white meadowsweet54 obs
  • whorled wood aster48 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/43126105

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