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Horse Hill

Horse Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Horse Hill rises to 455 m in New Hampshire. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the southeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Keene Watershed Land, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in New Hampshire, United States of America

Wikidata Q34874174, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
455 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.94015, -72.19544

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Otter Brook Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Robin Hood Park: 3.4 mi
  • Marlborough Town Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Butterfly Park: 3.8 mi
  • Church Street Pocket Park: 3.8 mi
Historic sites: 44
  • Keene Soldier's Monument: 4.2 mi
  • Gravity Foundation Monument: 4.4 mi
  • Oya Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 7.9 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 7.9 mi
Museums: 27
Beaches: 15
  • Sunset Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 13.8 mi
Waterfalls: 14
Artworks: 11
  • Pizza Wings: 4.2 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 4.2 mi
  • Johnathan Daniels: 4.3 mi
  • Aurora: 4.3 mi
  • Trinity Bicycle Shop: 4.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Billings Fold: 7.0 mi
  • Black Precipice: 7.1 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 8.6 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 8.7 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 16.9 mi
Attractions: 6
Gardens: 4
  • John Pierce Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 7.8 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 17.1 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 24.2 mi
Covered bridges: 3
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 7.9 mi
  • (seasonal): 19.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Horse Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockSE 141°965 m7.0 mi
Bald RockSE 143°790 m7.5 mi
Monte RosaSE 144°749 m7.1 mi
Osgood HillNE 51°681 m6.3 mi
Skatutakee MountainENE 76°609 m8.3 mi
Thumb MountainENE 73°603 m7.7 mi
Fletcher HillNE 41°595 m6.7 mi
Dakin HillNNE 24°595 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1119:4920:32
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1715:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202331435564696860483727
Precip in3.12.83.43.43.84.44.54.34.34.93.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keene, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357722268

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