Haystack Mountain
Haystack Mountain rises to 481 m in New Hampshire. Summit stands 828 m to the north-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bradford Bog Headwaters, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34921111, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 481 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 8.9 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 15.4 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 19.1 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 7 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 22 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bradford Bog Headwaters: 0.9 mi
- The Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation: 1.5 mi
- Bradford Springs: 1.5 mi
- Pearl Town Forest: 1.7 mi
- Aiken Pasture (Bradford Town Forest): 2.0 mi
- Whitman Park: 4.2 mi
- Pillsbury State Park: 4.8 mi
- Warren Brook Park: 4.9 mi
- Pillsbury-Sunapee Corridor: 4.9 mi
- French's Park: 5.0 mi
- Avery Ledge: 1.0 mi
- Pickett Hill: 1.3 mi
- Ayers Pond Peak: 1.4 mi
- Pickett Hill - South Peak: 1.6 mi
- Ayers Pond Peak - Middle: 2.0 mi
- Washington Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 8.8 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 10.7 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 10.8 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 10.8 mi
- State Park Beach: 8.6 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 9.9 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 10.1 mi
- Dewey Beach: 12.3 mi
- Elkins Beach: 13.9 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 12.4 mi
- Armillary: 22.1 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 24.0 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 24.0 mi
- Christa McAuliffe: 24.1 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 6.2 mi
- naval gun: 19.1 mi
- civil war: 19.1 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 20.8 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 13.2 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 22.1 mi
- Noahs Ark: 23.7 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 24.1 mi
- Gleason Falls: 6.3 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 11.2 mi
- Brennan Falls: 18.5 mi
- Bonner Falls: 24.2 mi
- Senter Falls: 24.2 mi
- Baker Ledge: 11.5 mi
- The Bulkhead: 19.2 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 19.6 mi
- Table Rock: 22.1 mi
- Mine Ledge: 22.7 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 15.0 mi
- Wright Grove: 21.4 mi
- Hippy Hill: 22.1 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 16.0 mi
- Hall Bridge: 24.5 mi
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 24.7 mi
- Everett Dam: 20.0 mi
- Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 24.1 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 24.3 mi
- (seasonal): 2.8 mi
- River Road Spring: 23.8 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 17.4 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit | NNW 334° | 828 m | 6.9 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | NNW 337° | 824 m | 6.4 mi |
| South Peak | NNW 341° | 794 m | 6.4 mi |
| Lucias Lookout | NW 321° | 756 m | 4.6 mi |
| Lovewell Mountain | WSW 238° | 751 m | 2.7 mi |
| Little Sunapee Mountain | NW 311° | 734 m | 4.0 mi |
| Goves Mountain | WNW 297° | 721 m | 5.2 mi |
| Bean Mountain | W 272° | 708 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 867424 — Haystack Mountain, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357721773
Day trips start here
- New London · 13 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 19 mi
- Claremont · 20 mi
- Concord · 23 mi
- Cornish · 24 mi
- Franklin · 24 mi
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