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Broken Ground

Broken Ground, seen from above at true elevation

Broken Ground rises to 145 m in New Hampshire. Bean Hill stands 456 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Broken Ground Trails, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Canterbury Shaker Village Byway passes 7.5 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35729451, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
145 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.23697, -71.49113

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Keach Park: 1.8 mi
  • Merrill Park: 2.1 mi
  • Kiwanis Waterfront Park: 2.6 mi
  • Nathaniel Bouton Bark: 3.0 mi
  • Rotary Park: 3.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 46
Beaches: 20
  • White Sands Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Riverland Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Catamount Pond Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Northwood Lake Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Sandy Point: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 15
Attractions: 11
Cliffs: 10
  • Raymond Cliff: 13.1 mi
  • Rattlesnake Cliff: 13.6 mi
  • Devil's Den Cliff: 17.2 mi
  • Ridgeline Climbing: 17.3 mi
  • Boulder Natural: 17.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Steeles Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Gleason Falls: 24.3 mi
  • Brennan Falls: 24.3 mi
  • Senter Falls: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 11.1 mi
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 18.4 mi
Gardens: 3
Springs: 2
  • Huckins Spring: 14.2 mi
  • River Road Spring: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Broken Ground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bean HillNNW 346°456 m11.4 mi
Fort MountainESE 113°424 m9.4 mi
Nottingham MountainESE 113°411 m10.3 mi
Catamount MountainENE 75°403 m10.2 mi
McCoy MountainESE 108°384 m8.5 mi
Neville PeakESE 110°363 m10.1 mi
Nats MountainESE 117°356 m9.4 mi
Sanborn HillNE 38°306 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0719:4720:30
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1615:2716:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533455766717061493928
Precip in2.82.83.33.43.53.83.63.63.64.43.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Concord Asos, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 865807 — Broken Ground, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357718511

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