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Dresser Hills

Dresser Hills, seen from above at true elevation

Dresser Hills rises to 381 m in New Hampshire. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the northeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Meetinghouse Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34871936, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
381 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.32905, -71.91565

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Wadleigh State Park: 2.6 mi
  • Warren Brook Park: 4.4 mi
  • Whitman Park: 4.6 mi
  • Winslow State Park: 4.9 mi
  • Fishersfield Park: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 24
Museums: 20
  • Upton Chandler House Museum: 5.9 mi
  • New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 6.1 mi
  • John Hay Estate at The Fells: 6.5 mi
  • Potter Place Depot: 8.0 mi
  • Flanders-Osborne Museum: 9.2 mi
Artworks: 13
Waterfalls: 8
Attractions: 7
  • Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 20.6 mi
  • Everett Dam: 20.8 mi
  • Everett Dam: 20.8 mi
  • Everett Dam: 20.9 mi
  • Everett Dam: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Garden at Tracy Library: 6.8 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 21.6 mi
  • Botanical Garden: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
  • (seasonal): 11.4 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount KearsargeNE 38°891 m4.8 mi
SummitW 263°828 m8.0 mi
Sunapee MountainW 260°824 m7.6 mi
South PeakW 260°794 m7.1 mi
Black MountainNE 40°774 m3.9 mi
Little MountainNE 48°710 m4.8 mi
North PeakW 266°692 m7.9 mi
Bald SunapeeWSW 243°632 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2219:00
June solstice05:0819:4920:32
September equinox06:3618:0918:47
December solstice07:1815:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212331435563686659473727
Precip in3.43.13.84.23.84.54.44.04.15.54.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bradford 2, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 866629 — Dresser Hills, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357719970

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