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White Lake State Park

White Lake State Park from directly overhead

White Lake State Park is a park in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 134 m. Mount Chocorua stands 1,060 m to the north-northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Spruce Bogs Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 0.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.83893, -71.22321

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Kennett Park: 4.2 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 6.4 mi
  • Constitution Park: 6.9 mi
  • Madison Boulder Natural Area: 6.9 mi
  • Purity Lake Cartop Boat Access: 7.5 mi
Cliffs
  • Nickerson Ledge: 7.7 mi
  • Overhang: 9.4 mi
  • Eagle Ledge: 11.1 mi
  • Woodchuck Ledge: 11.2 mi
  • Main Cliff: 11.6 mi
Beaches: 40
  • Nichols Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Bearcamp Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Boulder Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Eidelweiss Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Geneva Beach: 8.4 mi
Historic sites: 36
Waterfalls: 29
  • Roaring Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Twin Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Whittier Falls: 8.9 mi
  • The Cascades: 8.9 mi
  • Emerald Pool Falls: 9.0 mi
Attractions: 22
Artworks: 21
  • Frog Rock: 10.8 mi
  • Hannes Schneider: 16.0 mi
  • #20 / Nova: 18.5 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 18.5 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 18.5 mi
Museums: 19
Springs: 3
Gardens: 3
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Peace Garden: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 17.2 mi
  • Campton Day Use Area: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of White Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ChocoruaNNW 343°1,060 m8.4 mi
Mount ShawSSW 201°911 m7.0 mi
Black SnoutSSW 199°854 m7.5 mi
Faraway MountainSW 219°848 m6.9 mi
Black Snout MountainSW 234°812 m6.5 mi
Mount RobertsSW 222°782 m7.7 mi
Bald MountainSW 219°742 m3.4 mi
Mount FlaggSSW 192°728 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0319:4720:31
September equinox06:3318:0618:44
December solstice07:1715:2416:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029415362676557453525
Precip in3.73.34.04.63.84.64.84.04.35.74.64.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tamworth 4, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard25 obs
  • pickerelweed20 obs
  • Cucumber Root18 obs
  • pink lady's slipper17 obs
  • Common Watersnake15 obs
  • Variable Dancer13 obs
  • bluebead lily11 obs
  • Eastern Teaberry11 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/43126127

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