Newport Common
Newport Common is a park in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 279 m. Croydon Peak stands 841 m to the north-northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Newport Historical Society Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 279 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 8.2 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 21.1 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 21.7 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 7 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 16 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 21 mi
- Beacon Hill Vista · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ransom Tracey Park: 0.4 mi
- Newport Recreation Complex: 0.9 mi
- Robert C. Haserlat Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
- Corbin Covered Bridge Park: 2.0 mi
- Sugar River Recreation Trail: 3.0 mi
- Newport Town Forest: 0.9 mi
- Newport Town Forest: 1.1 mi
- Johnson Easement: 1.6 mi
- Wendell Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 3.4 mi
- R.H. Webb Forest Preserve (V-Oz): 3.6 mi
- The Pinnacle: 1.2 mi
- Coit Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Calls Hill: 2.2 mi
- Page Hill: 3.0 mi
- Newport Historical Society Museum: 0.2 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 2.2 mi
- Sunapee Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 4.8 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 6.8 mi
- naval gun: 8.2 mi
- civil war: 8.2 mi
- naval gun: 8.2 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 8.7 mi
- American Precision Museum: 13.1 mi
- Dewey Beach: 5.1 mi
- State Park Beach: 5.9 mi
- Croydon Town Beach: 6.0 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 6.7 mi
- Georges Mills Beach: 7.0 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 0.2 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 16.1 mi
- The Wrecker: 20.7 mi
- Refuge: 23.8 mi
- Dartmouth Panels: 23.8 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 16.0 mi
- Salmond Covered Bridge: 16.3 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 17.2 mi
- Upper Falls Covered Bridge: 17.6 mi
- Willard Twin Covered Bridge: 18.0 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 1.9 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 14.3 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 15.7 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 15.9 mi
- Hidden Falls: 15.9 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 18.0 mi
- Tipping Rock: 20.3 mi
- Train: Boston & Maine Engine 494: 20.8 mi
- Lyman Point: 20.8 mi
- Green Mountain Railroad: 22.0 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 10.0 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 13.6 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 16.1 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 19.7 mi
- Life Sciences Greenhouse: 24.3 mi
- Baker Ledge: 14.2 mi
- The Bulkhead: 18.9 mi
- Table Rock: 20.7 mi
- Bouldering: 22.2 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 7.9 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 19.7 mi
- Hippy Hill: 19.1 mi
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- (seasonal): 12.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Newport Common. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croydon Peak | NNW 344° | 841 m | 8.3 mi |
| Summit | SE 125° | 828 m | 6.2 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | SE 125° | 824 m | 6.7 mi |
| South Peak | ESE 122° | 794 m | 7.1 mi |
| Lucias Lookout | SE 140° | 756 m | 8.0 mi |
| Goves Mountain | SSE 156° | 721 m | 8.2 mi |
| North Peak | ESE 121° | 692 m | 6.0 mi |
| Bly Hill | ESE 104° | 614 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 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 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport, under a mile away.
- eastern white pine137 obs
- alder buckthorn17 obs
- Eastern Newt14 obs
- sensitive fern9 obs
- red pine8 obs
- purple pitcher plant7 obs
- Japanese knotweed7 obs
- red maple6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/384930747
Day trips start here
- Claremont · 9 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 9 mi
- New London · 10 mi
- Cornish · 12 mi
- Windsor · 13 mi
- Brownsville · 16 mi
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