Boars Head
Boars Head rises to 348 m in New Hampshire. Crotched Mountain stands 630 m to the southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bob French Woodland Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 3.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34822995, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 348 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 7.5 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 16.0 mi off the Amoskeag Millyard Scenic and Cultural Byway
- 17.3 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bob French Woodland Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Ferrin Pond Nature Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Bartlett Brook Town Forest: 1.2 mi
- Wendy Baron Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
- Perkins Pond Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
- Center Park: 4.3 mi
- Francis Arthur Bolton Sr. Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
- Inneson Memorial Field: 4.4 mi
- Chase Park: 4.5 mi
- Town Common: 6.5 mi
- Cultural Cocoon: 14.4 mi
- Brigadier General John Stark: 16.4 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 16.6 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 16.6 mi
- Christa McAuliffe: 16.6 mi
- Bartlett Hill: 0.5 mi
- Candlewood Hill: 1.1 mi
- Mount Misery: 1.2 mi
- Peacock Hill: 1.5 mi
- Toby Hill: 1.8 mi
- Clifford Nyquist Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Burnham School (historical): 8.6 mi
- Goffstown Public Library: 9.3 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 11.6 mi
- Amherst Civil War Monument: 14.7 mi
- Weare Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- New Boston Historical Society: 6.5 mi
- Little Nature Museum: 13.0 mi
- Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 14.3 mi
- Mariposa Museum: 14.4 mi
- Campers Beach: 8.3 mi
- Picnickers Beach: 8.4 mi
- Baboosic Lake Town Beach: 15.1 mi
- White Sands Beach: 16.7 mi
- Sunset Beach: 17.2 mi
- Brennan Falls: 4.6 mi
- Senter Falls: 7.8 mi
- Bonner Falls: 10.8 mi
- Gleason Falls: 11.2 mi
- Upper Falls: 11.5 mi
- Everett Dam: 6.9 mi
- Frog Rock: 8.3 mi
- The Amoskeag Fishways: 15.8 mi
- Block Party Social: 17.5 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 17.6 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 17.1 mi
- Noahs Ark: 18.1 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 18.4 mi
- Merrimack Community Garden: 19.8 mi
- Litchfield Community Garden: 21.1 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 6.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliff: 10.3 mi
- Billings Fold: 20.9 mi
- Black Precipice: 21.1 mi
- Baker Ledge: 22.8 mi
- River Road Spring: 6.7 mi
- (seasonal): 17.9 mi
- Falcon Spring: 20.6 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Boars Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crotched Mountain | SW 236° | 630 m | 5.7 mi |
| Rose Mountain | S 189° | 523 m | 7.9 mi |
| The Pinnacle | S 184° | 511 m | 8.1 mi |
| Lyndeborough Mountain | S 187° | 491 m | 8.1 mi |
| Clark Summit | WNW 294° | 465 m | 4.9 mi |
| Riley Mountain | WNW 293° | 441 m | 8.6 mi |
| Wilson Hill | W 269° | 427 m | 4.5 mi |
| Craney Hill | N 353° | 420 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:47 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
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 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Weare, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 865685 — Boars Head, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357718290
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