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Medford Park

Medford Park from directly overhead

Medford Park is a park in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. North Uncanoonuc Mountain stands 401 m to the west, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Bell, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Amoskeag Millyard Scenic and Cultural Byway passes 2.8 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.97643, -71.41717

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
  • Brigadier General John Stark: 2.6 mi
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 8.5 mi
  • Bear with Fish: 10.6 mi
  • Pembroke Spartan: 11.9 mi
  • Millennium Child: 13.8 mi
Attractions
  • The Amoskeag Fishways: 3.4 mi
  • Block Party Social: 4.5 mi
  • Moonlight Meadery: 7.8 mi
  • Robert Frost Historic Site: 9.5 mi
  • Candia Springs Adventure Park: 10.2 mi
Museums: 50
Beaches: 21
Waterfalls: 16
  • Wildcat Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Middle Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Senter Falls: 16.7 mi
Gardens: 12
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 6
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 9.7 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 9.7 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 12.4 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 18.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Springs: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Medford Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Uncanoonuc MountainW 276°401 m9.5 mi
South Uncanoonuc MountainW 273°395 m8.7 mi
Hall MountainNNE 22°286 m8.6 mi
Quimby MountainNW 325°267 m8.2 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 256°265 m10.5 mi
Great HillNNW 328°256 m10.3 mi
Worthley HillWNW 282°254 m8.6 mi
Bear HillNNE 15°254 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0719:4620:29
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1415:2816:15

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, 2 mi away.

  • eastern white pine27 obs
  • purple pitcher plant19 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade12 obs
  • box elder9 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage8 obs
  • American Robin7 obs
  • great mullein7 obs
  • White-tailed Deer6 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 way/222717098

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