Bigelow Hill
Bigelow Hill rises to 472 m in New Hampshire. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the east-northeast, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Troy Water Works Land, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q34822206, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 472 m
How to reach it
- 15.9 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 19.9 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 20.5 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
- 22.5 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Beal's Knob Vista · 13 mi
- Hubbard Hill Vista · 16 mi
- Dort Knob Vista · 16 mi
- stone post view · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Farrar Field: 1.5 mi
- Central Square: 2.2 mi
- Samuel E. Paul Recreational Park: 2.5 mi
- Marlborough Town Beach: 3.3 mi
- Shattuck Park: 4.8 mi
- Troy Civil War Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Troy's Hero Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Troy Veterans Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Troy WW1 Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Cheshire Railroad Depot Monument: 2.3 mi
- Gap Mountain - North Peak: 1.9 mi
- Fern Hill: 2.0 mi
- Monte Rosa: 2.0 mi
- Gap Mountain - South Peak: 2.2 mi
- Bald Rock: 2.3 mi
- Troy Water Works Land: 1.2 mi
- Jaffrey Monadnock Lot: 2.5 mi
- Bixler Town Forest: 3.0 mi
- Ames Forest: 3.1 mi
- Jaffrey Town Forest: 3.2 mi
- Troy Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- Troy Station: 2.3 mi
- Bruder House Museum: 8.3 mi
- Wyman Tavern Museum: 8.3 mi
- Cheshire County Historical Society: 8.4 mi
- Falls Brook Falls: 4.9 mi
- Royalston Falls: 10.3 mi
- Spirit Falls: 12.7 mi
- Doane's Falls: 14.0 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 15.2 mi
- Ranger Beach: 5.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.5 mi
- Sunset Beach: 7.5 mi
- Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 8.0 mi
- Jowder's Cove Beach: 8.1 mi
- Black Precipice: 2.2 mi
- Billings Fold: 2.4 mi
- Troy Cliffs: 4.7 mi
- Jacob Hill: 10.8 mi
- Mine Ledge: 14.4 mi
- Armillary: 6.1 mi
- Aurora: 8.4 mi
- Reaching: 8.4 mi
- Jennie B. Powers: 8.5 mi
- Pizza Wings: 8.6 mi
- Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 8.7 mi
- Stone Bridge: 10.1 mi
- Barrett House: 16.2 mi
- Nutting Ledges: 16.2 mi
- Path Continues: 20.6 mi
- Noahs Ark: 5.2 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 6.1 mi
- Phillipston Community Garden: 17.7 mi
- St. Paul's Community Garden: 20.6 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 22.9 mi
- Falcon Spring: 3.0 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 18.9 mi
- (seasonal): 24.9 mi
- Wright Grove: 14.0 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 16.3 mi
- Trap Falls: 22.6 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Bigelow Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Monadnock | ENE 68° | 965 m | 2.4 mi |
| Bald Rock | E 80° | 790 m | 2.3 mi |
| Monte Rosa | ENE 74° | 749 m | 2.0 mi |
| Gap Mountain - South Peak | SSE 160° | 579 m | 2.2 mi |
| Little Monadnock Mountain | SW 214° | 571 m | 4.9 mi |
| Gap Mountain - North Peak | SSE 161° | 561 m | 1.9 mi |
| Cobb Hill | NNE 28° | 555 m | 8.7 mi |
| Beech Hill | NE 41° | 529 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:32 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 49 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Silver RCH Airpark, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 865582 — Bigelow Hill, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357718041
Day trips start here
- Swanzey · 7 mi
- Rindge · 10 mi
- Gardner · 20 mi
- Brattleboro · 21 mi
- Ashburnham · 24 mi
- Westminster · 24 mi
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