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First Mountain

First Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

First Mountain rises to 511 m in New Hampshire. Mount Lethe stands 1,397 m to the south-southwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is First Mountain Forest, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Moose Path Trail passes 4.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34868631, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
511 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.42315, -71.08940

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 48
  • Chester Hayes Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Gorham Common: 4.8 mi
  • Hutchins Street Park: 5.0 mi
  • Glenside Park: 5.3 mi
  • Kelly Park: 5.5 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Kees Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Triple Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Coosauk Fall: 9.9 mi
  • Hitchcock Fall: 10.0 mi
  • Mad River Falls: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 29
Picnic sites: 15
  • Gilead Picnic Ground: 6.2 mi
  • P6: 6.9 mi
  • P10: 6.9 mi
  • P5: 6.9 mi
  • P9: 6.9 mi
Historic sites: 13
Cliffs: 12
Museums: 10
Springs: 5
  • Peabody Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Mountain fountain: 13.6 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 14.4 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 5.4 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 24.2 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 19.2 mi
  • Greenwood Town Beach: 20.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of First Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LetheSSW 205°1,397 m8.9 mi
Middle Carter MountainSSW 205°1,384 m9.2 mi
North Carter MountainSSW 206°1,359 m8.5 mi
Mount MoriahSSW 200°1,234 m6.1 mi
Middle Moriah MountainSSW 197°1,143 m5.3 mi
Shelburne Moriah MountainS 185°1,135 m4.9 mi
Goose Eye MountainNE 39°1,132 m7.1 mi
North PeakNE 38°1,111 m8.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1818:57
June solstice05:0119:4820:33
September equinox06:3218:0518:44
December solstice07:1815:2016:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161827415362676557463523
Precip in2.72.43.03.43.64.24.13.83.44.93.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Berlin, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357729989

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