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Richmond Wildlife Manangement Area

Richmond Wildlife Manangement Area from directly overhead

Richmond Wildlife Manangement Area is a park in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 250 m. Gap Mountain - South Peak stands 579 m to the east-northeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Barden Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 11 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
250 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.77008, -72.24814

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Barden Wildlife Management Area: 0.2 mi
  • Richmond Town Forest - Allen Lot: 1.4 mi
  • Richmond Town Forest - Sheperdson Lot: 1.7 mi
  • Widow Gage Town Forest: 1.9 mi
  • Katie Metzger Town Forest: 2.3 mi
Parks
  • Amidon Park: 1.6 mi
  • Samuel E. Paul Recreational Park: 4.7 mi
  • Central Square: 5.1 mi
  • Town of Swanzey Ball Fields: 5.4 mi
  • Richardson Park: 5.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Eliza Ballou Monument: 2.5 mi
  • Cheshire Railroad Depot Monument: 5.0 mi
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 5.1 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 5.1 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 5.1 mi
Museums: 29
  • Troy Station: 5.0 mi
  • Troy Historical Society: 5.0 mi
  • Royalston Post Office: 7.4 mi
  • Royalston Historical Society: 7.4 mi
  • The Warwick Historical Society and Museum: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 23
  • Stone Bridge: 3.4 mi
  • Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 11.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 13.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 13.9 mi
  • Path Continues: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 22
  • Troy Cliffs: 3.5 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Black Precipice: 9.2 mi
  • Billings Fold: 9.5 mi
  • Table Rock: 12.1 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 1.8 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 5.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 11.5 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 11.7 mi
Artworks: 13
  • Reaching: 10.9 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 10.9 mi
  • Aurora: 10.9 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 11.2 mi
  • Trinity Bicycle Shop: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Falls Brook Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Pulpit Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Noahs Ark: 12.3 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 13.3 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 13.4 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 17.0 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 9.8 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 19.4 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Richmond Wildlife Manangement Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gap Mountain - South PeakENE 59°579 m6.5 mi
Little Monadnock MountainENE 58°571 m2.5 mi
Gap Mountain - North PeakENE 57°561 m6.6 mi
Mount GraceSW 225°491 m7.7 mi
Bigelow HillNE 42°472 m7.3 mi
The PinnacleENE 78°467 m4.7 mi
Grassy HillE 88°446 m0.5 mi
Bennetts KnobSW 225°444 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1219:4820:32
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1715:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634475968747264514030
Precip in3.62.93.93.53.54.54.64.34.34.73.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tully Lake, 9 mi away.

  • Eastern Phoebe25 obs
  • Chipping Sparrow15 obs
  • American Toad14 obs
  • American Goldfinch14 obs
  • American Robin12 obs
  • Wild Turkey11 obs
  • Cedar Waxwing11 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird11 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 node/357741424

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