Cotton Mountain
Cotton Mountain rises to 363 m in New Hampshire. Black Mountain stands 830 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Fayal, a peak 0.6 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34866405, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 363 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
- 4.9 mi off the River Heritage Tour
- 19.6 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 20.3 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- CL Graham Wangan Overlook · 20 mi
- Sugar Hill Overlook · 20 mi
- Pemigewasset Overlook · 20 mi
- Lily Pond Vista · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Fayal: 0.6 mi
- Mount Livermore: 0.8 mi
- Shepard Hill: 1.5 mi
- The Button: 2.4 mi
- Mount Prospect: 2.7 mi
- Squam Lakes Natural Science Center: 0.8 mi
- Burleigh Land LP Conservation Easement: 1.0 mi
- West Squam Rangeway: 1.5 mi
- Holderness Town Forest: 1.7 mi
- Owl Brook Training Facility: 1.9 mi
- Squam Lakes Boat Launch Facility: 0.9 mi
- Holderness Town Beach: 1.3 mi
- Ashland Town Beach: 2.4 mi
- L. W. Packard Ballfield: 4.2 mi
- Hawkins Pond Boat Launch Facility: 4.3 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Watson Ledge: 7.5 mi
- White Mountain Ledge: 9.4 mi
- Crocketts Ledge: 9.7 mi
- South America Wall: 11.9 mi
- Livermore Falls: 4.8 mi
- Beede Falls: 7.4 mi
- Lower Falls: 7.4 mi
- Lower Falls: 12.1 mi
- Great Falls: 12.2 mi
- South Beach: 2.7 mi
- Edna-Maude Beach: 2.8 mi
- Birch Beach: 2.8 mi
- Sandwich Town Beach: 6.3 mi
- Center Harbor Town Beach: 6.9 mi
- Piper Homestead: 0.7 mi
- Captain Douglas A. DiCenzo Bridge: 5.0 mi
- The Common: 5.1 mi
- Draper & Maynard Co.: 5.1 mi
- Capt. Harl Pease Jr.: 5.1 mi
- Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 5.1 mi
- #19 / Enigmatic Dream: 7.5 mi
- #26 / Stone Sail: 7.5 mi
- #27 / Black Sail: 7.5 mi
- #23 / Red Wing: 7.5 mi
- The Old Country Store: 9.6 mi
- Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 10.5 mi
- Funspot: 10.6 mi
- Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 10.7 mi
- Go-Karts: 12.0 mi
- Squam Lakes Natural Science Center: 0.8 mi
- Whipple House: 4.2 mi
- Museum of the White Mountains: 5.3 mi
- Sandwich Historical Society: 8.6 mi
- Loon Center: 9.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 4.6 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 12.6 mi
- Elliott Spring: 13.1 mi
- Huckins Spring: 23.3 mi
- Campton Day Use Area: 8.9 mi
- Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Hippy Hill: 20.5 mi
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Peace Garden: 5.2 mi
- Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 10.1 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 17.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Cotton Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | NNE 16° | 830 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Israel | NE 40° | 800 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Weetamoo | N 6° | 753 m | 7.3 mi |
| Campton Mountain | N 2° | 745 m | 7.4 mi |
| Campton Mountain | N 360° | 724 m | 7.0 mi |
| Dinsmore Mountain | NE 34° | 702 m | 8.1 mi |
| Tenney Mountain | W 267° | 680 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Morgan | NNE 15° | 677 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:25 | 16:13 |
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 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 866362 — Cotton Mountain, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357719462
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