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Rochester Common

Rochester Common from directly overhead

Rochester Common is a park in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 66 m. Blue Job Mountain stands 412 m to the west-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Rochester Historical Society, a museum 0.5 miles away. Branch River Valley Trail passes 7.4 miles off.

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Coordinates43.29795, -70.97022
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • John Shaw Park: 0.6 mi
  • Blair Park: 0.6 mi
  • Duval Park: 0.7 mi
  • Monsignor Gilles Simard Field: 1.0 mi
  • Riverside Park: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Deputy Sheriff Charles E. Smith (1843-1891) Historic Marker: 4.5 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 7.9 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 8.1 mi
  • Cellar Hole: 10.0 mi
  • Hill House: 10.3 mi
Beaches: 49
  • Bennett's Bridge Beach: 12.0 mi
  • Mary Waldron Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Dustin Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Sandy Point: 15.0 mi
  • Colony Beach (closed): 15.1 mi
Artworks: 22
Gardens: 16
Attractions: 15
  • Spring Hill: 10.6 mi
  • Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 10.8 mi
  • Mast Way Trails: 12.0 mi
  • Wagon: 12.7 mi
  • Take Flight: 17.7 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Kimballs Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Hayes Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Hook Island Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Orris Falls: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Coffin's Cut: 8.3 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 8.3 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 8.3 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 8.4 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 16.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • SERCs A & B Greenspace: 11.5 mi
  • East Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 18.2 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 18.2 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 18.2 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Rochester Common. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue Job MountainWNW 288°412 m7.7 mi
Parker MountainW 263°401 m10.1 mi
Little Blue JobWNW 291°377 m7.8 mi
Hussey MountainWNW 302°350 m6.8 mi
Sanders LedgeW 278°341 m8.6 mi
Mack MountainW 281°321 m7.9 mi
Chesley MountainNW 306°306 m6.3 mi
Nubble MountainWNW 298°302 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0419:4520:28
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1415:2516:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465666716962503930
Precip in2.52.23.73.73.53.93.53.23.44.43.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester Skyhaven AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee16 obs
  • alder buckthorn14 obs
  • sweetfern13 obs
  • eastern white pine9 obs
  • Asian bittersweet9 obs
  • sensitive fern8 obs
  • Chipping Sparrow7 obs
  • Gray Catbird7 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/177067754

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