Hancock Peak
Hancock Peak rises to 445 m in New Hampshire. Boynton Hill stands 529 m to the east-northeast, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Carpenter Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34873893, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 445 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 14.8 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
- 24.6 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 26.4 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- View of Bellows Falls · 9 mi
- Beal's Knob Vista · 10 mi
- Hubbard Hill Vista · 12 mi
- Dort Knob Vista · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Surry Mountain Lake: 2.2 mi
- Sesame Street Pocket Park: 4.4 mi
- American Legion Fields: 4.4 mi
- Old Stone Arch Bridge Park: 4.6 mi
- Shadow Lake Park: 5.0 mi
- Merriam Town Forest: 1.0 mi
- Indian Arrowhead Forest Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Trombley Town Forest: 2.0 mi
- Chase-Graf Town Forest: 2.2 mi
- Hyland Hill State Forest: 3.7 mi
- Carpenter Hill: 0.4 mi
- Gilboa Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mine Ledge: 1.2 mi
- Joslin Hill: 1.7 mi
- Bear Den Hill: 1.8 mi
- Walpole Historical Society: 5.6 mi
- Colony House Museum: 6.7 mi
- Cheshire Children's Museum: 6.8 mi
- Horatio Colony Museum: 7.1 mi
- Cheshire County Historical Society: 7.2 mi
- Keene Soldier's Monument: 6.8 mi
- Oya Hill: 7.1 mi
- Gravity Foundation Monument: 7.1 mi
- Troy Civil War Memorial: 15.6 mi
- Troy's Hero Memorial: 15.6 mi
- Corona Beach: 9.6 mi
- Sunset Beach: 14.2 mi
- Ranger Beach: 18.4 mi
- Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 19.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 20.7 mi
- Baseball: 6.8 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 6.8 mi
- Trinity Bicycle Shop: 6.9 mi
- Pizza Wings: 6.9 mi
- Jennie B. Powers: 7.0 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 11.8 mi
- Falls Brook Falls: 15.0 mi
- Pulpit Falls: 19.7 mi
- Royalston Falls: 21.3 mi
- Hamilton Falls: 22.1 mi
- Mine Ledge: 1.0 mi
- Table Rock: 9.2 mi
- Troy Cliffs: 14.7 mi
- Billings Fold: 16.4 mi
- Black Precipice: 16.5 mi
- Hall Bridge: 10.8 mi
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 14.7 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 15.9 mi
- Scott Covered Bridge: 17.1 mi
- Bartonsville Covered Bridge: 17.2 mi
- Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 6.8 mi
- Stone Bridge: 20.9 mi
- Green Mountain Railroad: 21.1 mi
- TimberQuest: 24.4 mi
- Magic Mountain Ski Area: 24.5 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 16.8 mi
- Noahs Ark: 17.5 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 17.6 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 20.8 mi
- Wright Grove: 2.1 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 21.9 mi
- Falcon Spring: 17.4 mi
- (seasonal): 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Hancock Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boynton Hill | ENE 75° | 529 m | 6.9 mi |
| Winch Hill | E 85° | 500 m | 7.2 mi |
| Moose Hill | NE 42° | 500 m | 8.0 mi |
| Derry Hill | N 1° | 498 m | 2.1 mi |
| Spaulding Hill | E 83° | 487 m | 5.8 mi |
| Prentice Hill | NNE 21° | 476 m | 7.6 mi |
| Webster Hill | E 95° | 459 m | 4.0 mi |
| Hyland Hill | SSW 198° | 458 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:24 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:32 | 16:18 |
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 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2S Nepp, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357721586
Day trips start here
- Swanzey · 11 mi
- Brattleboro · 15 mi
- Claremont · 25 mi
- Rindge · 25 mi
- Wilmington · 28 mi
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