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Carter Hill

Carter Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Carter Hill rises to 341 m in New Hampshire. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the northwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Carey Park, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 20 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in the United States of America.

Wikidata Q34837264, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
341 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.79073, -72.02931

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Humiston Park: 1.2 mi
  • Mountain Brook Reservoir Conservation Easement: 1.2 mi
  • Town Common: 1.7 mi
  • Howard Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
  • Centennial Park: 2.7 mi
Artworks
  • Cultural Cocoon: 7.2 mi
  • Clyde II: 7.6 mi
  • Armillary: 8.1 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 12.2 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 12.6 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums: 31
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Mariposa Museum: 7.2 mi
  • Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 7.3 mi
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 7.6 mi
  • Troy Historical Society: 8.2 mi
Beaches: 20
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Falls Brook Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 13.1 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Nutting Ledges: 8.9 mi
  • Barrett House: 9.0 mi
  • Stone Bridge: 12.1 mi
  • Bicentennial Giant Chair: 15.0 mi
  • Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 9
Gardens: 7
  • Noahs Ark: 6.6 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 14.9 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 18.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Falcon Spring: 5.4 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 12.0 mi
  • River Road Spring: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 25.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Carter Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockNW965 m6.3 mi
Bald RockNW790 m5.9 mi
Monte RosaNW749 m6.2 mi
Pack Monadnock MountainENE692 m9.1 mi
Holt PeakENE623 m7.7 mi
Burton PeakENE605 m7.2 mi
Temple MountainENE596 m8.0 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakWNW579 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1119:4820:31
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1615:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455766716962493829
Precip in3.33.44.03.83.74.34.34.04.35.13.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Silver RCH Airpark, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 866019 — Carter Hill, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357718844

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