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Crows Nest

Crows Nest, a peak in New Hampshire
Crows Nest, a peak in New HampshireNOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Crows Nest, a peak in New Hampshire
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Crows Nest, a peak in New Hampshire
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Crows Nest, a peak in New Hampshire
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Crows Nest, a peak in New Hampshire
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain

Crows Nest rises to 391 m in New Hampshire. Mount Moriah stands 1,234 m to the southwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Hark Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 3.1 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34866758, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
391 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.40720, -71.03197

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 52
  • Chester Hayes Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
  • Gorham Common: 7.2 mi
  • Hutchins Street Park: 8.0 mi
  • Moose Brook Park: 8.2 mi
  • Glenside Park: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Kees Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Mad River Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Brickett Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Triple Falls: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 29
  • Moose Cave: 13.1 mi
  • ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 14.2 mi
  • Mount Washington Observatory: 16.4 mi
  • Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 21.3 mi
  • Roar-o-Saurus: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 18
Picnic sites: 14
  • Gilead Picnic Ground: 3.1 mi
  • P6: 9.6 mi
  • P10: 9.6 mi
  • P5: 9.6 mi
  • P9: 9.6 mi
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 9
Springs: 6
  • Deer Hill Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Mountain fountain: 14.0 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 17.0 mi
  • Greenwood Town Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Gage Rice Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Keoka Lake Beach: 22.2 mi
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 8.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Crows Nest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MoriahSW 227°1,234 m6.7 mi
Middle Moriah MountainSW 228°1,143 m5.9 mi
Shelburne Moriah MountainSW 221°1,135 m5.0 mi
Goose Eye MountainNNE 14°1,132 m6.8 mi
North PeakNNE 16°1,111 m7.8 mi
Imp MountainSW 227°1,108 m8.2 mi
Mount SuccessN 356°1,086 m4.5 mi
Mount CarloNNE 12°1,086 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:57
June solstice05:0019:4820:33
September equinox06:3218:0518:44
December solstice07:1815:2016:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171928415462676557463524
Precip in3.12.52.93.53.64.24.24.03.54.93.53.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gorham AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 871749 — Crows Nest, Coos County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357729882

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