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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.

About

The story

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

Wikidata Q34834745, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
314 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.92786, -72.25590

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

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
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 45
  • 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
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
Cliffs: 14
  • Mine Ledge: 6.8 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 7.5 mi
  • Billings Fold: 8.7 mi
  • Black Precipice: 8.8 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 16.2 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: 10
Attractions: 6
  • Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 1.2 mi
  • Stone Bridge: 14.3 mi
  • Hermit's Castle: 23.4 mi
  • Barrett House: 23.4 mi
  • Nutting Ledges: 23.8 mi
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
On the horizon

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 MonadnockESE965 m8.8 mi
Monte RosaSE749 m8.7 mi
Hurd HillENE555 m8.6 mi
Felt HillNE532 m8.5 mi
Boynton HillN529 m7.6 mi
Winch HillNNE500 m6.7 mi
Spaulding HillESE484 m6.1 mi
Sunset HillESE482 m6.4 mi
Conditions

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.

Sources

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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