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Beech Hill

Beech Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Beech Hill rises to 314 m in New Hampshire. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the east-southeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Beech Hill Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 9.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States of America (GNIS ID = 865510)

Wikidata Q34834745, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
314 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.92786, -72.25590

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Butterfly Park: 0.6 mi
  • Robin Hood Park: 0.8 mi
  • Church Street Pocket Park: 0.8 mi
  • Patricia T. Russell Park: 0.8 mi
  • Keene Unitarian Universalist Church: 1.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 46
  • Keene Soldier's Monument: 1.2 mi
  • Gravity Foundation Monument: 1.2 mi
  • Oya Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 7.9 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 7.9 mi
Museums: 30
Cliffs: 18
  • Mine Ledge: 6.8 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 7.5 mi
  • Billings Fold: 8.7 mi
  • Black Precipice: 8.8 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 15.0 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Sunset Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 12.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 14.5 mi
Artworks: 11
  • Jennie B. Powers: 1.1 mi
  • Pizza Wings: 1.1 mi
  • Aurora: 1.1 mi
  • Reaching: 1.2 mi
  • Johnathan Daniels: 1.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
Attractions: 10
Covered bridges: 6
Gardens: 4
  • John Pierce Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 10.3 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 19.0 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 9.7 mi
  • (seasonal): 21.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Beech Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockESE 122°965 m8.8 mi
Monte RosaSE 124°749 m8.7 mi
Hurd HillENE 63°555 m8.6 mi
Felt HillNE 47°532 m8.5 mi
Boynton HillN 10°529 m7.6 mi
Winch HillNNE 16°500 m6.7 mi
Spaulding HillN 4°487 m6.5 mi
Hardy HillENE 61°487 m7.2 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 solstice07:1815:3216:18

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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 865510 — Beech Hill, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357717861

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