Houghton Ledge
Houghton Ledge rises to 393 m in New Hampshire. Osgood Hill stands 681 m to the east, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Frost Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34874479, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 393 m
How to reach it
- 11.3 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 18.4 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 19.6 mi off the Molly Stark Scenic Byway
- 23.4 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Beal's Knob Vista · 12 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 15 mi
- Hubbard Hill Vista · 15 mi
- Dort Knob Vista · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Frost Hill: 0.6 mi
- Nims Hill: 0.8 mi
- The Pinnacle: 1.7 mi
- Hubbard Hill: 1.7 mi
- Bald Hill: 2.0 mi
- Taves Reservation: 1.2 mi
- Winch Trust Town Forest: 2.2 mi
- Keene Watershed Land: 2.8 mi
- Beaver Brook Canyon: 2.8 mi
- Allison Nims Piper Memorial Forest: 3.4 mi
- Otter Brook Beach: 1.4 mi
- Ellis-Harrison Park: 3.9 mi
- Robin Hood Park: 4.1 mi
- Fuller Park: 4.3 mi
- North Street Park: 4.4 mi
- Colony House Museum: 5.0 mi
- Horatio Colony Museum: 5.1 mi
- Cheshire County Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- Cheshire Children's Museum: 5.1 mi
- Wyman Tavern Museum: 5.2 mi
- Keene Soldier's Monument: 4.8 mi
- Gravity Foundation Monument: 5.2 mi
- Oya Hill: 5.3 mi
- Troy Civil War Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Troy's Hero Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Sunset Beach: 6.6 mi
- Ranger Beach: 11.5 mi
- Corona Beach: 13.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.4 mi
- Picnickers Beach: 16.3 mi
- Falls Brook Falls: 11.9 mi
- Old Mill Falls: 16.0 mi
- Gleason Falls: 17.0 mi
- Royalston Falls: 18.7 mi
- Brennan Falls: 19.2 mi
- Pizza Wings: 4.9 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 4.9 mi
- Jennie B. Powers: 4.9 mi
- Baseball: 5.0 mi
- Trinity Bicycle Shop: 5.0 mi
- Mine Ledge: 6.7 mi
- Billings Fold: 10.1 mi
- Black Precipice: 10.3 mi
- Troy Cliffs: 11.5 mi
- Table Rock: 15.1 mi
- Hall Bridge: 17.3 mi
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 20.7 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 21.0 mi
- Bartonsville Covered Bridge: 23.2 mi
- Scott Covered Bridge: 24.7 mi
- Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 4.8 mi
- Stone Bridge: 18.4 mi
- Barrett House: 24.0 mi
- Barrett House: 24.2 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 9.5 mi
- Noahs Ark: 10.4 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Wright Grove: 5.6 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 14.6 mi
- Falcon Spring: 11.0 mi
- (seasonal): 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Houghton Ledge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osgood Hill | E 82° | 681 m | 6.0 mi |
| Fletcher Hill | ENE 70° | 595 m | 5.7 mi |
| Dakin Hill | NE 45° | 595 m | 6.0 mi |
| Brooks Hill | NE 45° | 586 m | 5.3 mi |
| Melville Hill | NE 48° | 584 m | 5.5 mi |
| Morrison Hill | NE 50° | 581 m | 7.1 mi |
| Holt Hill | ENE 78° | 581 m | 7.3 mi |
| Tolman Hill | ENE 68° | 572 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| 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 | 20 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keene, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 867629 — Houghton Ledge, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357722303
Day trips start here
- Swanzey · 9 mi
- Rindge · 19 mi
- Brattleboro · 20 mi
- Claremont · 28 mi
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