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Polar Caves Park

Polar Caves Park from directly overhead

Polar Caves Park is a park in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 153 m. Carr Mountain stands 1,058 m to the north-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Baker Forest, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. River Heritage Tour runs past it.

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Coordinates43.78120, -71.78112

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Rumney Town Common: 2.3 mi
  • Crosby Mountain State Park: 3.6 mi
  • Langdon Park: 4.5 mi
  • Jim Darling Natural Area: 4.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
Cliffs
  • The Cafe: 2.9 mi
  • Parking Lot Wall: 2.9 mi
  • Meadows Right: 2.9 mi
  • Meadows Center: 2.9 mi
  • Meadows Left: 2.9 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls: 35
  • Livermore Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Sculptured Rocks: 6.3 mi
  • Waternomee Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Welton Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Elizabeth Falls: 11.0 mi
Beaches: 35
  • Avery-Crouse Beach: 11.4 mi
  • South Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Edna-Maude Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Birch Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Canaan Street Lake Beach: 15.3 mi
Historic sites: 31
  • Former Remick Place: 3.9 mi
  • The Frost House: 4.8 mi
  • Bobcat Boulder: 4.8 mi
  • Draper & Maynard Co.: 4.9 mi
  • Capt. Harl Pease Jr.: 4.9 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 4.9 mi
  • #19 / Enigmatic Dream: 16.4 mi
  • #24 / Snowy Owl: 16.4 mi
  • Lake Life Walk: 16.4 mi
  • #28 / South of the Border in Koyoto: 16.4 mi
Attractions: 21
Museums: 17
Picnic sites: 7
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 24.1 mi
Covered bridges: 4
Gardens: 3
  • Peace Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 22.0 mi
  • The Basin, East: 23.9 mi
  • The Basin, West: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Polar Caves Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carr MountainNNW 337°1,058 m7.8 mi
Mount Kineo, East PeakN 7°909 m9.5 mi
Stinson MountainN 2°878 m3.7 mi
Mowglis MountainSW 217°720 m9.1 mi
Willoughby MountainNW 325°712 m5.0 mi
Tenney MountainS 190°680 m3.0 mi
Peaked HillNNE 16°679 m8.5 mi
Oregon MountainSSW 212°677 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0619:4920:33
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1915:2616:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130425362676558463524
Precip in3.22.63.23.33.74.44.53.83.64.63.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Painted Turtle185 obs
  • Wood Duck115 obs
  • pink lady's slipper102 obs
  • Mallard99 obs
  • Canadian bunchberry95 obs
  • Eastern Newt89 obs
  • Great Blue Heron88 obs
  • Eastern Phoebe75 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 node/4748796279

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