Peak · New Hampshire
Firescrew
Firescrew rises to 934 m in New Hampshire. Mount Cardigan stands 956 m to the south-southwest, 0.5 miles off. River Heritage Tour passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain peak in Orange and Alexandria, New Hampshire
Wikidata Q139138035, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 934 m
How to reach it
Coordinates43.65551, -71.91051
- 10.2 mi off the River Heritage Tour
- 15.9 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 13.3 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
- 16.6 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Post Pond Overlook · 17 mi
- Balch Hill · 18 mi
- Indian Ridge · 19 mi
- Norman Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Mount Cardigan: 0.5 mi
- Cardigan South Peak: 0.7 mi
- Cardigan Rimrock: 1.0 mi
- Orange Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Mowglis Mountain: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Cardigan Reservation: 1.7 mi
- Welton Falls State Forest: 2.0 mi
- Alexandria Town Forest: 3.2 mi
- Forest Legacy Tract: 3.7 mi
- Cross Reservation: 5.0 mi
Parks
- Sculptured Rocks Geologic Site: 4.6 mi
- Everett Hobart Memorial Park: 4.8 mi
- Williams Field: 5.0 mi
- The Common: 5.0 mi
- Grafton Recreation Field: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 59
- The Ledges: 6.0 mi
- Slab Wall: 10.6 mi
- Small Wall: 10.6 mi
- Buffalo Pit: 10.7 mi
- 5.8 Crag: 10.7 mi
Historic sites: 39
- Canaan Veterans' Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Former Remick Place: 6.9 mi
- Former Hall Place: 7.6 mi
- The Bill Farm: 11.7 mi
- The Frost House: 13.1 mi
Beaches: 38
- Canaan Street Lake Beach: 6.6 mi
- Avery-Crouse Beach: 9.1 mi
- Goose Pond Dam Beach: 9.2 mi
- Goose Pond Park Beach: 10.2 mi
- Shakoma Beach: 12.5 mi
Artworks: 36
- Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 13.2 mi
- The Wrecker: 17.3 mi
- Feral Seed: 19.0 mi
- Robert Frost: 19.0 mi
- Perdido: 19.1 mi
Museums: 19
- Canaan Historical Museum: 6.6 mi
- Shaker Museum: 12.0 mi
- Museum of the White Mountains: 13.0 mi
- Whipple House: 14.2 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Elizabeth Falls: 0.9 mi
- Welton Falls: 2.3 mi
- Sculptured Rocks: 4.5 mi
- Profile Falls: 10.7 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 13
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 1.5 mi
- Lyme-East Thetford Bridge: 17.4 mi
- Tipping Rock: 17.9 mi
- Redstone Rocket: 18.7 mi
- Lyman Point: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Hippy Hill: 9.3 mi
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Area 1: 20.3 mi
- Area 2: 20.5 mi
- Campton Day Use Area: 20.5 mi
Covered bridges: 5
- Cillryville Bridge: 15.7 mi
- Edgell Covered Bridge: 19.4 mi
- Union Village Covered Bridge: 19.5 mi
- Sayre Bridge: 21.0 mi
- Willard Twin Covered Bridge: 22.4 mi
Gardens: 4
- Peace Garden: 13.2 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 17.0 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 17.1 mi
- Life Sciences Greenhouse: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 16.1 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 19.3 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 22.0 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Springs: 2
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 9.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 13.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Firescrew. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cardigan | SSW 205° | 956 m | 0.5 mi |
| Cardigan South Peak | SSW 193° | 865 m | 0.7 mi |
| Cardigan Rimrock | SSW 203° | 851 m | 1.0 mi |
| Orange Mountain | S 180° | 782 m | 1.6 mi |
| Crane Mountain | SSE 169° | 727 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mowglis Mountain | NE 37° | 720 m | 1.7 mi |
| Mount Tug | NW 313° | 713 m | 2.8 mi |
| Thompson Hill | NNW 329° | 709 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:27 | 16:14 |
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 | 20 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 45 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grafton, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3678170543
Day trips start here
- Orange · 3 mi
- Ashland · 14 mi
- Wentworth · 15 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 16 mi
- Lebanon · 17 mi
- New London · 17 mi
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