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Union Square

Union Square from directly overhead

Union Square is a park in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Joe English Hill stands 388 m to the north, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is WWII Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 9.9 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.83557, -71.64961

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • WWII Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Emerson Park: 0.1 mi
  • Centennial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Endicott Park: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Police Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Amherst Civil War Monument: 2.3 mi
  • Bayley House: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
  • City Lights: 7.3 mi
  • Commitment: 7.3 mi
  • First Friendship: 7.3 mi
  • Neitherthere (Absence as a Reality): 7.3 mi
  • Release: 7.3 mi
Attractions
Museums: 42
Beaches: 28
Gardens: 23
Waterfalls: 12
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Middle Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 4.6 mi
  • The Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Cliffs: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 18.3 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 20.8 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 20.9 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.9 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 22.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • River Road Spring: 10.4 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 22.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Joe English HillN 355°388 m7.8 mi
Piscataquog MountainNW 316°374 m9.0 mi
Fisk HillW 259°369 m8.7 mi
Kendall LedgeW 270°368 m9.5 mi
Wilson HillW 268°347 m9.3 mi
South HillNNW 340°314 m7.3 mi
Merriam HillSW 230°313 m9.4 mi
Storey HillNNW 342°307 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:29
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766726961493929
Precip in3.03.03.84.13.44.03.73.74.04.93.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford, under a mile away.

  • eastern white pine46 obs
  • White-tailed Deer26 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk24 obs
  • pink lady's slipper18 obs
  • Northern Cardinal17 obs
  • Common Garter Snake15 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird14 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/69963332

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