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Bassett Hill

Bassett Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bassett Hill rises to 472 m in New Hampshire. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the south-southeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Banks Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 13 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34809562, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
472 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.95817, -72.18919

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Otter Brook Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Robin Hood Park: 4.0 mi
  • Ellis-Harrison Park: 4.2 mi
  • Church Street Pocket Park: 4.4 mi
  • Fuller Park: 4.5 mi
Historic sites: 31
  • Keene Soldier's Monument: 4.8 mi
  • Gravity Foundation Monument: 5.1 mi
  • Oya Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 9.1 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 9.1 mi
Museums: 26
Beaches: 15
  • Sunset Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 14
Artworks: 11
  • Pizza Wings: 4.8 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 4.9 mi
  • Johnathan Daniels: 4.9 mi
  • Baseball: 5.0 mi
  • Trinity Bicycle Shop: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Billings Fold: 7.8 mi
  • Black Precipice: 8.0 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 8.4 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 9.9 mi
  • Table Rock: 17.4 mi
Attractions: 6
Gardens: 3
  • John Pierce Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 8.2 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 15.8 mi
Covered bridges: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 8.7 mi
  • (seasonal): 18.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Bassett Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockSSE 149°965 m7.9 mi
Monte RosaSSE 152°749 m8.0 mi
Osgood HillENE 59°681 m5.4 mi
Skatutakee MountainE 85°609 m7.8 mi
Thumb MountainE 82°603 m7.1 mi
Fletcher HillNE 47°595 m5.6 mi
Dakin HillNNE 26°595 m6.8 mi
Brooks HillNNE 24°586 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1119:4920:32
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1715:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202331435564696860483727
Precip in3.12.83.43.43.84.44.54.34.34.93.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keene, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357717682

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