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Flat Top Mountain

Flat Top Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Flat Top Mountain rises to 987 m in New Hampshire. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the south-southwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Garfield Ridge West Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 3.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34869002, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
987 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.20284, -71.60564

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Cliffs
  • Eagle Cliff: 4.0 mi
  • Profile Cliff: 4.4 mi
  • Hone Wall: 4.5 mi
  • Hermit Haven: 4.5 mi
  • Maggot Buttress: 4.5 mi
Waterfalls: 53
Parks: 46
  • Franconia Notch State Park: 5.0 mi
  • Bethlehem Town Park and Playground: 6.7 mi
  • Fox Hill Park: 6.8 mi
  • Gazebo Park: 6.9 mi
  • Dow Park: 7.1 mi
Attractions: 43
  • Boise Rock: 5.0 mi
  • Cog Railway Display: 5.7 mi
  • The Basin: 6.8 mi
  • Liberty Gorge: 7.7 mi
  • Flume Gorge: 7.8 mi
Picnic sites: 21
Museums: 19
Historic sites: 14
Springs: 7
  • Liberty Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 15.0 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
Artworks: 3
  • Tree Harp: 11.0 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 11.0 mi
  • Sunflowers: 11.0 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 18.5 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 19.7 mi
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Flat Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LafayetteSSW 213°1,600 m3.5 mi
Mount LincolnSSW 207°1,551.12 m4.2 mi
North LincolnSSW 210°1,524 m3.8 mi
North LafayetteSW 218°1,519 m3.2 mi
South Twin MountainESE 113°1,491 m2.7 mi
North Twin MountainE 90°1,452 m2.4 mi
Little Haystack MountainSSW 205°1,440 m4.7 mi
Mount BondSE 133°1,432 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0419:5020:34
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1915:2316:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161727405362666557453422
Precip in2.62.02.63.13.74.24.64.23.64.03.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethlehem 2, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 871887 — Flat Top Mountain, Grafton County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357729999

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