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Burns Hill

Burns Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Burns Hill rises to 229 m in New Hampshire. Whitcomb Peak stands 524 m to the west, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hitchiner Town Forest, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in New Hampshire, United States of America

Wikidata Q35730614, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
229 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.80687, -71.68954
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Police Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 2.7 mi
  • Armed Services Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Wallingford House: 4.0 mi
  • Bayley House: 4.1 mi
Parks
  • Keyes Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 2.7 mi
  • Centennial Park: 2.7 mi
  • WWII Memorial Park: 2.8 mi
  • Endicott Park: 2.8 mi
Artworks
  • Communication: 5.4 mi
  • House of Wish: 5.4 mi
  • First Friendship: 5.4 mi
  • Neitherthere (Absence as a Reality): 5.4 mi
  • Frieda Carrying the Marble Player: 5.4 mi
Attractions
Museums: 40
Beaches: 29
Gardens: 23
Waterfalls: 12
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Middle Falls: 5.4 mi
  • The Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Senter Falls: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 19.7 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 20.3 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 23.5 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 23.6 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 24.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • River Road Spring: 12.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Burns Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whitcomb PeakW 280°524 m9.2 mi
The PinnacleNNW 328°511 m9.8 mi
Winn MountainNW 320°503 m9.4 mi
Whittemore HillSW 232°418 m9.7 mi
Howard HillW 280°391 m8.2 mi
Barrett HillWSW 239°382 m7.3 mi
Piscataquog MountainNNW 333°374 m9.5 mi
Fisk HillW 273°369 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:29
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766726961493929
Precip in3.03.03.84.13.44.03.73.74.04.93.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 865870 — Burns Hill, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357718656

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