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Carter Dome

Carter Dome rises to 1,471 m in New Hampshire. Mount Washington stands 1,917 m to the west, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Hight, a peak 0.7 miles away. Presidential Range Tour passes 2.6 miles off.

The story

Carter Dome, or simply The Dome, is a mountain located in Coös County, New Hampshire, U.S. It has a maximum elevation of 4,826 feet (1,471 m), placing it on the list of the state's four-thousand footers.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q4216195, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1471 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.26740, -71.17912

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Prospect Farm: 3.8 mi
  • Gorham Common: 8.3 mi
  • William H. Peek Memorial Park: 8.6 mi
  • Moose Brook State Park: 8.9 mi
  • Mossy Glen: 9.1 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 40
Attractions: 34
  • ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • Mount Washington Observatory: 6.2 mi
  • Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 10.4 mi
  • Roar-o-Saurus: 10.4 mi
  • Nor'Easter Mountain Coaster: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 29
Picnic sites: 19
Historic sites: 17
Museums: 13
  • Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 8.3 mi
  • Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Moffett House Museum: 14.3 mi
  • MWOBs Admin Office: 14.9 mi
  • Conway Railroad Museum: 15.1 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 18.7 mi
  • Beach Area #1: 19.1 mi
  • Beach Area #2: 19.3 mi
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 20.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Peabody Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 10.0 mi
  • lower falls: 17.8 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 13.7 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 24.6 mi
Artworks: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Sabatis Island Rest Area: 23.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Carter Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WashingtonW 272°1,917 m6.1 mi
Ball CragW 275°1,843 m6.0 mi
Agiocochook CragW 278°1,748 m5.6 mi
Mount AdamsWNW 303°1,748 m6.7 mi
Mount JeffersonWNW 291°1,725 m7.3 mi
Nelson CragW 279°1,708 m5.4 mi
Mount ClayW 281°1,684 m6.9 mi
Mount Sam AdamsWNW 302°1,682 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0219:4820:33
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1815:2116:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161826385059646356453323
Precip in5.34.34.95.75.55.95.55.15.07.85.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinkham Notch, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/357729779

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