Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 774 m in New Hampshire. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the north-northeast, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Kearsarge State Forest, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States of America
Wikidata Q34835937, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 774 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 6.2 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 14.4 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
- 18.0 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 10 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 29 mi
- Indian Ridge · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Kearsarge State Forest: 0.7 mi
- Warner Town Forest: 1.9 mi
- Black Mountain Forest: 2.2 mi
- Kearsarge Wildlife Management Area: 2.8 mi
- Elliot and Catherine Reiner Woodland Conservancy: 3.2 mi
- Mount Kearsarge: 0.9 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mission Ridge: 1.2 mi
- Gage Hill: 1.4 mi
- Sawyer Hill: 2.4 mi
- Winslow State Park: 1.3 mi
- Wilmot Town Ball Field: 3.6 mi
- Timmy Patten Park: 3.8 mi
- Wadleigh State Park: 4.0 mi
- Scytheville Park: 4.8 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 10.8 mi
- William A. Fenlason Square: 11.8 mi
- Odell Park Arch: 12.1 mi
- Old Hill VIllage: 13.6 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 4.2 mi
- Elkins Beach: 5.0 mi
- Bucklin Beach: 8.1 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 8.8 mi
- State Park Beach: 10.0 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 4.5 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 6.7 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 6.8 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 8.9 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 10.9 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 15.4 mi
- Uranus: 19.7 mi
- Neptune: 19.8 mi
- Pluto: 19.9 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 20.0 mi
- Profile Falls: 15.1 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 15.6 mi
- Gleason Falls: 16.4 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 19.0 mi
- Welton Falls: 19.7 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 18.8 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 19.2 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 19.6 mi
- Everett Dam: 21.9 mi
- Everett Dam: 21.9 mi
- Baker Ledge: 1.4 mi
- The Bulkhead: 6.8 mi
- The Ledges: 19.8 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 21.4 mi
- Crocketts Ledge: 22.3 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 6.7 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 17.8 mi
- Botanical Garden: 19.0 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 19.0 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 12.9 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 13.6 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- (seasonal): 15.3 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 17.1 mi
- Huckins Spring: 23.2 mi
- Hippy Hill: 10.6 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 24.7 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 4.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kearsarge | NNE 28° | 891 m | 0.9 mi |
| Little Mountain | ENE 76° | 710 m | 1.1 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NNE 15° | 689 m | 6.9 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | N 8° | 689 m | 7.0 mi |
| Bly Hill | WSW 252° | 614 m | 8.0 mi |
| Kings Hill | W 269° | 583 m | 6.4 mi |
| Sunset Hill | W 260° | 558 m | 8.1 mi |
| Sawyer Hill | SE 125° | 555 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:28 | 16:15 |
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 | 25 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salisbury, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 865628 — Black Mountain, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357718142
Day trips start here
- New London · 7 mi
- Franklin · 12 mi
- Tilton · 15 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 16 mi
- Concord · 19 mi
- Orange · 20 mi
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