Kidder Mountain
Kidder Mountain rises to 549 m in New Hampshire. North Pack Monadnock Mountain stands 694 m to the north, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildcat Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
The story
Kidder Mountain is a 1,805 feet (550 m) summit located in south-central New Hampshire within the Wapack Range of mountains. It lies within New Ipswich and Temple, New Hampshire just off the 22 mi (35 km) Wapack Trail on a 0.9-mile (1.4 km) side trail. Temple Mountain is located directly to the north along the Wapack ridgeline; Barrett Mountain to the south. The summit of the mountain is mostly open and offers expansive views from old pastures. The east side of the mountain drains into the Souhegan River watershed, thence into the Merrimack River and Atlantic Ocean; the west side drains into the Gridley River, thence the Contoocook River into the Merrimack River. The mountain is named in honor of Reuben Kidder, a provincial squire from New Ipswich who represented the local Masonian Proprietors.
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Wikidata Q8526401, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 549 m
How to reach it
- 16.4 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 22.8 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 23.8 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
- 25.0 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 27 mi
- Beal's Knob Vista · 27 mi
- Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wildcat Hill: 0.3 mi
- Conant Hill: 0.9 mi
- Burton Peak: 2.2 mi
- Barrett Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Jefts Hill: 2.9 mi
- New England Glassworks: 1.1 mi
- Old Winchendon Pump House Site: 10.4 mi
- Civil War Monument: 11.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.0 mi
- World War 2 Honor Roll: 11.0 mi
- Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
- Taft Memorial Field: 3.8 mi
- Myrtle Marsh Park: 3.8 mi
- Miller State Park: 5.1 mi
- Marshall-Thomas Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
- New Ipswich Town Forest: 2.7 mi
- Cabot Memorial Forest: 2.7 mi
- Chris Weston Conservation Area: 3.7 mi
- Robert P. Bass Memorial Town Forest: 4.0 mi
- Wapack Wilderness: 4.0 mi
- Cultural Cocoon: 7.3 mi
- Schoolboy of 1850: 10.3 mi
- Clyde II: 11.2 mi
- Phoenix: 11.3 mi
- Inside: 11.3 mi
- Rindge Historcal Museum: 6.8 mi
- Mariposa Museum: 7.3 mi
- Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 7.4 mi
- Ashby Historical Society: 8.0 mi
- Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 10.3 mi
- Barrett House: 2.3 mi
- Barrett House: 2.5 mi
- Nutting Ledges: 5.5 mi
- Frog Rock: 13.1 mi
- Painted Rock: 14.4 mi
- Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 6.4 mi
- Jowder's Cove Beach: 7.1 mi
- Ripple Beach Cove: 8.3 mi
- Holiday Cove: 8.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.0 mi
- Bonner Falls: 8.0 mi
- Trap Falls: 9.4 mi
- Purgatory Lower Falls: 10.6 mi
- Middle Falls: 11.2 mi
- Upper Falls: 11.4 mi
- Noahs Ark: 11.4 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 12.4 mi
- Sundial Community Garden: 14.2 mi
- Prichard Street Community Garden: 14.3 mi
- Maple Hill Gardens: 14.6 mi
- Black Precipice: 12.7 mi
- Billings Fold: 12.7 mi
- Jacob Hill: 17.4 mi
- Troy Cliffs: 18.1 mi
- Old Limestone Quarry: 19.1 mi
- Trap Falls: 9.4 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 16.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 9.9 mi
- Falcon Spring: 11.7 mi
- River Road Spring: 17.4 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Kidder Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Pack Monadnock Mountain | N 7° | 694 m | 7.1 mi |
| Pack Monadnock Mountain | N 2° | 692 m | 5.4 mi |
| Holt Peak | N 357° | 623 m | 3.0 mi |
| Burton Peak | NNW 347° | 605 m | 2.2 mi |
| Temple Mountain | N 357° | 596 m | 4.0 mi |
| New Ipswich Mountain | SSW 213° | 563 m | 3.2 mi |
| Barrett Mountain | SW 228° | 561 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Watatic | S 185° | 555 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:31 | 16:17 |
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 | 25 | 32 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville 1 NNE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357722909
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