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Lafayette Park

Lafayette Park from directly overhead

Lafayette Park is a park in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 66 m. North Uncanoonuc Mountain stands 401 m to the west, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Simpson Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Amoskeag Millyard Scenic and Cultural Byway passes 0.4 miles off.

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Coordinates42.99276, -71.47523
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Brigadier General John Stark: 0.6 mi
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 8.7 mi
  • Pembroke Spartan: 10.6 mi
  • Bear with Fish: 11.3 mi
  • Millennium Child: 14.7 mi
Attractions
  • The Amoskeag Fishways: 0.7 mi
  • Block Party Social: 3.9 mi
  • Moonlight Meadery: 10.5 mi
  • Everett Dam: 11.5 mi
  • Everett Dam: 11.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 36
Beaches: 20
Waterfalls: 11
  • Wildcat Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Middle Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Senter Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 14.6 mi
Gardens: 10
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 8.1 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 8.1 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 15.0 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 20.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Springs: 1
  • River Road Spring: 10.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Lafayette Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Uncanoonuc MountainW 269°401 m6.6 mi
South Uncanoonuc MountainW 263°395 m5.7 mi
Joe English HillWSW 252°388 m9.9 mi
Roby HillWSW 244°302 m10.0 mi
Hall MountainNE 41°286 m9.2 mi
Brown HillNNW 332°272 m10.2 mi
Picked HillNNW 338°270 m8.8 mi
Wood HillNNW 337°270 m9.4 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 solstice07:1515:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533465766716962503929
Precip in2.72.73.23.53.44.33.73.73.94.43.53.8

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

Wildlife nearby
  • American Robin49 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel36 obs
  • Common Goldeneye34 obs
  • eastern white pine32 obs
  • Mallard30 obs
  • House Sparrow24 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk23 obs
  • Mourning Dove22 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/350492220

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