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Sweeney Park

Sweeney Park from directly overhead

Sweeney Park is a park in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. North Uncanoonuc Mountain stands 401 m to the west, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Pvt. John Henry Sweeney Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Amoskeag Millyard Scenic and Cultural Byway passes 0.9 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.98208, -71.47385

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
  • Brigadier General John Stark: 0.8 mi
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 8.0 mi
  • Pembroke Spartan: 11.3 mi
  • Bear with Fish: 11.8 mi
  • Millennium Child: 14.0 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Museums: 42
Beaches: 21
Waterfalls: 11
  • Wildcat Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Upper Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Middle Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Senter Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 14.2 mi
Gardens: 11
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 8.9 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 14.4 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 20.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Springs: 1
  • River Road Spring: 10.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Sweeney Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Uncanoonuc MountainW 275°401 m6.7 mi
South Uncanoonuc MountainW 271°395 m5.8 mi
Joe English HillWSW 256°388 m9.8 mi
Roby HillWSW 248°302 m9.8 mi
Hall MountainNE 38°286 m9.7 mi
Picked HillNNW 340°270 m9.5 mi
Wood HillNNW 338°270 m10.1 mi
Quimby MountainNNW 343°267 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0819:4620:29
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1515:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533465766716962503929
Precip in2.72.73.23.53.44.33.73.73.94.43.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Massabesic Lake, 4 mi away.

  • American Robin53 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel36 obs
  • Common Goldeneye34 obs
  • eastern white pine33 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk26 obs
  • House Sparrow26 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade26 obs
  • Mourning Dove24 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 way/133589659

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