Skip to content
Byway
JoinOpen app
Peak · New Hampshire

Dickey Mountain

Dickey Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Dickey Mountain rises to 833 m in New Hampshire. Mount Osceola stands 1,315 m to the north-northeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Welch Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. River Heritage Tour passes 5.1 miles off.

About

The story

Dickey Mountain is a mountain in Thornton, New Hampshire, United States. It is part of the White Mountains and has a summit that is 2,734 feet (833 m) above sea level. The mountain has an exposed summit which is accessible via the Welch-Dickey trail, a 4.4-mile (7.1 km) loop which also crosses Welch Mountain. It is one of five places in New Hampshire which is home to the jack pine.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q34866353, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
833 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.92302, -71.57865

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Cliffs: 59
  • Back Country: 0.4 mi
  • East Slab: 0.4 mi
  • Dark Side: 0.5 mi
  • School House: 0.5 mi
  • Dark Passenger Lower: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 50
  • Mill Brook Cascade: 2.2 mi
  • Fletcher Cascades: 4.6 mi
  • Norway Rapids: 5.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Alpine Adventures Outdoor Recreation: 9.3 mi
  • Ice Castles: 9.9 mi
  • Lower Pool: 10.3 mi
  • Lost River Gorge & Boulder Caves: 12.9 mi
  • Flume Gorge & Visitor Center: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 22
Museums: 20
Artworks: 20
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 12.7 mi
  • Frog Rock: 18.5 mi
  • #20 / Nova: 18.7 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 18.7 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 18.7 mi
Historic sites: 19
Picnic sites: 8
  • Campton Day Use Area: 4.3 mi
  • Fay Waside Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 16.3 mi
  • Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Elliott Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 13.8 mi
  • lower falls: 17.8 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 23.6 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Peace Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Dickey Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount OsceolaNNE1,315 m5.8 mi
Middle PeakNNE1,280 m5.9 mi
North TripyramidENE1,274 m7.6 mi
Middle TripyramidENE1,262 m7.5 mi
East PeakNNE1,260 m6.4 mi
South TripyramidENE1,250 m7.3 mi
West PeakNNE1,248 m6.0 mi
Mount TecumsehNNE1,218 m3.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0519:4920:33
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1815:2516:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171827405161666457453424
Precip in3.93.24.34.64.25.24.84.44.25.64.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville Valley Nepp, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 871785 — Dickey Mountain, Grafton County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357729906

More peaks in New Hampshire

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore peaks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Dickey Mountain.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens