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Wolfe Park

Wolfe Park from directly overhead

Wolfe Park is a park in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. North Uncanoonuc Mountain stands 401 m to the west-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Bass Island Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Amoskeag Millyard Scenic and Cultural Byway passes 1.6 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Manchester

How to reach it

Coordinates42.97240, -71.47967

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Brigadier General John Stark: 1.5 mi
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 7.3 mi
  • Pembroke Spartan: 12.0 mi
  • Bear with Fish: 12.5 mi
  • Millennium Child: 13.3 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • The Amoskeag Fishways: 2.1 mi
  • Block Party Social: 5.2 mi
  • Moonlight Meadery: 9.6 mi
  • Hudson Speedway: 11.6 mi
  • Robert Frost Historic Site: 11.7 mi
Museums: 44
Beaches: 21
Gardens: 11
Waterfalls: 10
  • Wildcat Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Upper Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Middle Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Senter Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 13.6 mi
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 9.5 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 9.5 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 14.1 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 19.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Springs: 1
  • River Road Spring: 10.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Uncanoonuc MountainWNW 281°401 m6.5 mi
South Uncanoonuc MountainW 278°395 m5.5 mi
Joe English HillW 260°388 m9.4 mi
Roby HillWSW 252°302 m9.3 mi
Hall MountainNE 37°286 m10.4 mi
Picked HillNNW 342°270 m10.0 mi
Wood HillNNW 341°270 m10.7 mi
Prospect HillWSW 241°269 m10.9 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–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837485968747264524231
Precip in2.42.73.43.33.44.03.33.33.73.93.53.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manchester AP, 4 mi away.

  • eastern white pine49 obs
  • American Robin48 obs
  • Common Goldeneye32 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel29 obs
  • purple pitcher plant25 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk24 obs
  • Cedar Waxwing23 obs
  • House Sparrow22 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/242898646

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