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Plummers Ledge Natural Area

Plummers Ledge Natural Area from directly overhead

Plummers Ledge Natural Area is a park in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Carr Mountain stands 1,058 m to the north-northeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. River Heritage Tour passes 0.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates43.83493, -71.88471

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Jim Darling Natural Area: 1.9 mi
  • Riverside Park: 2.6 mi
  • Hamilton Field: 2.6 mi
  • Rumney Town Common: 4.2 mi
  • Warren Common: 6.2 mi
Cliffs
  • Buffalo Pit: 2.8 mi
  • Small Wall: 2.8 mi
  • Slab Wall: 2.8 mi
  • Very Nice Crag: 2.9 mi
  • Northwest Territory: 2.9 mi
Waterfalls: 35
  • Waternomee Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Sculptured Rocks: 9.0 mi
  • Livermore Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Welton Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Elizabeth Falls: 13.1 mi
Artworks: 35
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 11.2 mi
  • Vermontasaurus: 18.5 mi
  • Feral Seed: 21.7 mi
  • Robert Frost: 21.9 mi
  • Foucault Pendulum: 22.0 mi
Historic sites: 34
  • Former Hall Place: 4.9 mi
  • Former Remick Place: 7.1 mi
  • The Frost House: 11.0 mi
  • Bobcat Boulder: 11.0 mi
  • Draper & Maynard Co.: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 24
  • Chase Town Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Goose Pond Park Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Canaan Street Lake Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Goose Pond Dam Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Fairlee Town Beach: 14.6 mi
Museums: 16
Attractions: 15
Picnic sites: 6
Gardens: 4
  • Peace Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 20.6 mi
  • Life Sciences Greenhouse: 21.7 mi
  • Canillas Community Garden: 22.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 24.3 mi
Covered bridges: 3
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Plummers Ledge Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carr MountainNNE 31°1,058 m4.0 mi
Mount KineoNNE 33°1,011 m7.8 mi
Smarts MountainW 265°983 m7.4 mi
Mount Kineo, East PeakNE 48°909 m8.5 mi
Stinson MountainE 90°878 m5.3 mi
Mount CubeWNW 297°873 m7.8 mi
Black HillWNW 288°793 m5.9 mi
Whitcher HillNNE 27°780 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2219:00
June solstice05:0619:5020:34
September equinox06:3518:0918:47
December solstice07:1915:2616:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130425463696760473625
Precip in2.72.33.03.43.64.14.63.93.64.73.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wentworth, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch25 obs
  • Common Ringlet21 obs
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing19 obs
  • Drumming Sword Wolf Spider19 obs
  • Atlantis Fritillary19 obs
  • Long Dash18 obs
  • Common Wood-Nymph16 obs
  • Eastern Whip-poor-will16 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/47798981

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