Franklin Pierce Homestead State Historic Site
Franklin Pierce Homestead State Historic Site is a park in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 229 m. Lovewell Mountain stands 751 m to the northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Manahan Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 2.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev
- Fee
- Yes
- Seasonal
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 9.9 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 10.0 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 15 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 25 mi
- Beal's Knob Vista · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Manahan Park: 0.7 mi
- Beards Brook Park: 0.9 mi
- Butler Park: 2.7 mi
- Millworkers Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
- Kemp Park: 2.8 mi
- Bible Hill: 1.3 mi
- Sulphur Hill: 1.7 mi
- Gibson Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Riley Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Peaked Hill: 1.8 mi
- Knapton Lot: 1.7 mi
- The Cottrell Place: 1.7 mi
- Gleason Falls: 1.9 mi
- Campbell Pond Forest: 1.9 mi
- Fox State Forest: 2.2 mi
- Washington Historical Society: 8.3 mi
- Weare Historical Society: 11.2 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 13.1 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 13.1 mi
- Little Nature Museum: 15.0 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 14.0 mi
- Clifford Nyquist Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Burnham School (historical): 17.1 mi
- Goffstown Public Library: 18.8 mi
- Armillary: 15.6 mi
- Cultural Cocoon: 16.6 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 20.4 mi
- Pizza Wings: 21.0 mi
- Jennie B. Powers: 21.0 mi
- Campers Beach: 11.4 mi
- Picnickers Beach: 11.4 mi
- Sunset Beach: 13.8 mi
- State Park Beach: 16.6 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 16.7 mi
- Gleason Falls: 1.9 mi
- Brennan Falls: 10.4 mi
- Bonner Falls: 16.1 mi
- Senter Falls: 16.3 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 19.0 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 14.3 mi
- Baker Ledge: 17.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliff: 19.3 mi
- Billings Fold: 19.4 mi
- Black Precipice: 19.7 mi
- Everett Dam: 14.6 mi
- Everett Dam: 14.8 mi
- Everett Dam: 14.9 mi
- Everett Dam: 14.9 mi
- Frog Rock: 17.1 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 8.5 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 15.6 mi
- Noahs Ark: 17.1 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 20.6 mi
- (seasonal): 8.2 mi
- River Road Spring: 16.5 mi
- Falcon Spring: 19.6 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 7.0 mi
- Wright Grove: 20.2 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Franklin Pierce Homestead State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovewell Mountain | NW 317° | 751 m | 8.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSW 212° | 617 m | 7.8 mi |
| Round Mountain | WSW 250° | 592 m | 6.2 mi |
| Lightning Hill | WSW 256° | 582 m | 5.6 mi |
| Willard Mountain | SW 217° | 582 m | 6.6 mi |
| Knights Hill | N 2° | 573 m | 6.8 mi |
| Bacon Ledge | WSW 247° | 570 m | 6.2 mi |
| Robb Mountain | SW 216° | 554 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:48 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Weare 2 NE, 10 mi away.
- eastern white pine16 obs
- autumn olive8 obs
- Hickory Tussock Moth8 obs
- Eastern Teaberry7 obs
- azure bluet7 obs
- Margined Calligrapher7 obs
- eastern hemlock6 obs
- American beech6 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000027OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/47797445
Day trips start here
- Concord · 21 mi
- Merrimack Valley · 21 mi
- New London · 21 mi
- Amherst · 24 mi
- Hooksett · 24 mi
- Swanzey · 24 mi
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