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Opechee Park

Opechee Park from directly overhead

Opechee Park is a park in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 156 m. Belknap Mountain stands 726 m to the east-southeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Keewakwa Abenaki Keenahbeh, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Lakes Region Tour runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
156 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Laconia
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.53771, -71.47471
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veteran's Square: 0.6 mi
  • Gale Avenue Park: 0.7 mi
  • Rotary Park: 0.8 mi
  • Stewart Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sanborn Park: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites: 38
Beaches: 35
Artworks: 32
  • Turitella: 8.2 mi
  • Dragon Fly: 8.2 mi
  • #10 / Dog: 8.2 mi
  • #25 / Bear: 8.3 mi
  • #14 / White: 8.3 mi
Museums: 27
Waterfalls: 17
  • Profile Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Falls of Song: 15.2 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Emerald Pool Falls: 15.3 mi
  • The Cascades: 15.4 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Bumper Boats: 4.7 mi
  • Go-Karts: 4.7 mi
  • Daytona Fun Park: 4.7 mi
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 5.2 mi
  • Funspot: 5.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 4
  • Huckins Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 23.8 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Botanical Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 12.3 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 15.8 mi
  • Peace Garden: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 7.0 mi
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Hippy Hill: 19.4 mi
  • Campton Day Use Area: 24.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Opechee Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Belknap MountainESE 105°726 m5.5 mi
Gunstock MountainE 99°674 m4.9 mi
Piper MountainESE 116°617 m5.4 mi
Mount KlemESE 104°610 m7.2 mi
Hersey MountainWNW 282°608 m9.4 mi
Mount MackESE 108°590 m7.4 mi
East Quarry MountainE 100°580 m8.6 mi
North Straightback MountainESE 102°578 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0619:4720:31
September equinox06:3418:0718:45
December solstice07:1715:2616:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332445666717062503928
Precip in3.12.93.43.63.54.44.63.93.84.83.73.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakeport 2, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee18 obs
  • Asian bittersweet16 obs
  • Gray Treefrog15 obs
  • alder buckthorn12 obs
  • autumn olive11 obs
  • sensitive fern11 obs
  • wild sarsaparilla11 obs
  • Ghost Pipe10 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/551357419

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