Peak · New Hampshire
Goves Mountain
Goves Mountain rises to 721 m in New Hampshire. Summit stands 828 m to the north-northeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Bryant Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34933527, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 721 m
How to reach it
Coordinates43.25817, -72.10696
- 5.4 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 14.0 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 14.0 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 20.5 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 5 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 19 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 24 mi
- Beacon Hill Vista · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Bryant Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Thompson Hill: 1.7 mi
- Little Sunapee Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Kennedy Hill: 1.7 mi
- Lucias Lookout: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Jessie Barton Memorial Forest: 1.4 mi
- Washington Town Forest (Back Mountain Lot): 2.9 mi
- Between the Mountains Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Pillsbury State Park (Max Isreal Tract): 3.2 mi
- Washington Town Forest (New Road Lot): 4.0 mi
Parks
- Pillsbury-Sunapee Corridor: 2.7 mi
- Pillsbury State Park: 2.8 mi
- Larsen Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
- Sunapee State Park: 6.0 mi
- Camp Morgan: 6.1 mi
Museums: 27
- Washington Historical Society: 5.8 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 6.1 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 7.2 mi
- Newport Historical Society Museum: 8.0 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 8.9 mi
Beaches: 20
- State Park Beach: 6.3 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 8.4 mi
- Dewey Beach: 9.6 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 10.6 mi
- Georges Mills Beach: 12.0 mi
Historic sites: 15
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 6.0 mi
- naval gun: 14.0 mi
- naval gun: 14.0 mi
- civil war: 14.0 mi
Artworks: 10
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 8.0 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 19.1 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 24.1 mi
- Pizza Wings: 24.1 mi
- Baseball: 24.2 mi
Covered bridges: 8
- Cillryville Bridge: 16.9 mi
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 20.4 mi
- Hall Bridge: 20.9 mi
- Bartonsville Covered Bridge: 21.8 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 21.9 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Pollard Mills Falls: 6.5 mi
- Gleason Falls: 11.0 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 21.2 mi
- Hidden Falls: 22.5 mi
- Brennan Falls: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Baker Ledge: 13.1 mi
- Table Rock: 18.6 mi
- The Bulkhead: 20.2 mi
- Mine Ledge: 21.4 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 24.8 mi
Gardens: 4
- Washington Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 12.4 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 19.1 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Newhall Recreation Area: 19.0 mi
- Wright Grove: 20.3 mi
- Hippy Hill: 22.2 mi
Attractions: 2
- Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 24.0 mi
- Green Mountain Railroad: 24.3 mi
Springs: 1
- (seasonal): 4.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Goves Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit | NNE 23° | 828 m | 4.2 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | NNE 30° | 824 m | 4.2 mi |
| South Peak | NE 35° | 794 m | 4.5 mi |
| Lucias Lookout | NE 53° | 756 m | 2.1 mi |
| Lovewell Mountain | SSE 149° | 751 m | 4.4 mi |
| Little Sunapee Mountain | E 80° | 734 m | 1.7 mi |
| Bean Mountain | SW 216° | 708 m | 2.6 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | SSW 192° | 698 m | 0.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bradford 2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 871317 — Goves Mountain, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357729441
Day trips start here
- New London · 12 mi
- Claremont · 15 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 16 mi
- Cornish · 19 mi
- Windsor · 21 mi
- Brownsville · 23 mi
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