Foster Hill
Foster Hill rises to 232 m in New Hampshire. Knights Hill stands 573 m to the west-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Goves Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34869719, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 232 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 5.6 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 9.3 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 14.6 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Concord Road Athletic Fields: 1.1 mi
- Henniker Community Park: 1.6 mi
- Azalea Park: 1.8 mi
- Town Green: 1.8 mi
- Elm Brook Park: 3.0 mi
- Goves Hill: 0.9 mi
- Clough Hill: 1.8 mi
- Buck Hill: 2.4 mi
- Proctor Hill: 2.5 mi
- Clement Hill: 2.6 mi
- Ames State Forest: 2.0 mi
- Watman Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
- Totten Trails State Forest: 3.0 mi
- Bill Glavin Memorial Forest: 3.1 mi
- Bermuda Harris Conservation Land: 3.1 mi
- Boudreau Square: 11.5 mi
- Burnham School (historical): 12.1 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial Historic Site: 12.2 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial: 12.2 mi
- NH Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Little Nature Museum: 5.7 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 6.2 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 6.3 mi
- Weare Historical Society: 7.4 mi
- Mary Baker Eddy House: 12.8 mi
- Riverland Beach: 12.4 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 14.0 mi
- White Sands Beach: 15.7 mi
- Campers Beach: 16.9 mi
- Picnickers Beach: 17.0 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 12.9 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 12.9 mi
- Christa McAuliffe: 12.9 mi
- Daniel Webster: 12.9 mi
- John Parker Hale: 12.9 mi
- Gleason Falls: 8.8 mi
- Brennan Falls: 14.0 mi
- Senter Falls: 17.9 mi
- Bonner Falls: 20.5 mi
- Upper Falls: 21.4 mi
- Everett Dam: 9.5 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 13.3 mi
- Frog Rock: 18.2 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 19.0 mi
- The Amoskeag Fishways: 20.8 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 9.1 mi
- Baker Ledge: 13.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliff: 14.6 mi
- The Bulkhead: 19.0 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 15.3 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 18.2 mi
- Botanical Garden: 19.3 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 23.9 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 24.6 mi
- (seasonal): 13.5 mi
- River Road Spring: 15.4 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 13.8 mi
- Hippy Hill: 23.3 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Foster Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knights Hill | WNW 283° | 573 m | 7.8 mi |
| Stewarts Peak | NW 318° | 552 m | 5.6 mi |
| Thompson Hill | W 269° | 536 m | 7.8 mi |
| Rowes Hill | WNW 283° | 525 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mink Hills | NW 326° | 496 m | 5.6 mi |
| Craney Hill | S 185° | 420 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Hunger | SSW 192° | 405 m | 3.7 mi |
| Bear Hill | SW 216° | 402 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
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 | 22 | 23 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hopkinton Lake, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357720603
Day trips start here
- Concord · 12 mi
- Merrimack Valley · 15 mi
- Hooksett · 18 mi
- New London · 18 mi
- Franklin · 19 mi
- Tilton · 20 mi
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