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Keene Forestry Park

Keene Forestry Park from directly overhead

Keene Forestry Park is a park in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 150 m. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the east-southeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Huggins, a peak 0.5 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 9.9 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
150 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.90008, -72.25842

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Butterfly Park: 1.8 mi
  • Patricia T. Russell Park: 2.3 mi
  • Hickey-Desilets Pocket Park: 2.4 mi
  • Church Street Pocket Park: 2.4 mi
  • Mount Caesar Trails: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 47
  • Oya Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Gravity Foundation Monument: 2.2 mi
  • Keene Soldier's Monument: 2.5 mi
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 6.3 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 6.3 mi
Museums: 27
Cliffs: 18
  • Troy Cliffs: 5.7 mi
  • Billings Fold: 8.0 mi
  • Black Precipice: 8.0 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 8.3 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Sunset Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 10.7 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 12
Artworks: 11
  • Reaching: 2.1 mi
  • Aurora: 2.1 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 2.4 mi
  • Pizza Wings: 2.4 mi
  • Trinity Bicycle Shop: 2.4 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 2.5 mi
  • Stone Bridge: 12.4 mi
  • Hermit's Castle: 21.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 22.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 22.5 mi
Covered bridges: 5
Gardens: 4
  • Noahs Ark: 10.0 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 20.8 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 8.9 mi
  • (seasonal): 23.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Keene Forestry Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockESE 109°965 m8.1 mi
Bald RockESE 113°790 m8.3 mi
Monte RosaESE 112°749 m7.9 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakSE 133°579 m8.3 mi
Little Monadnock MountainSSE 161°571 m8.1 mi
Gap Mountain - North PeakSE 132°561 m8.1 mi
Winch HillNNE 13°500 m8.5 mi
Hardy HillNE 50°487 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1119:4920:32
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1815:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202331435564696860483727
Precip in3.12.83.43.43.84.44.54.34.34.93.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keene, 4 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer71 obs
  • Painted Turtle31 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel29 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle24 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird23 obs
  • sensitive fern23 obs
  • Wild Turkey20 obs
  • Common Raccoon19 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357741707

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