Kings Hill
Kings Hill rises to 583 m in New Hampshire. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the east, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is William Bean Quarry, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Hampshire, United States of America
Wikidata Q49041758, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 583 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 12.6 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 17.3 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 20.7 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 4 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 23 mi
- Indian Ridge · 26 mi
- Norman Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- William Bean Quarry: 0.5 mi
- King Hill Reservation: 1.0 mi
- Maple Leaf Natural Area: 1.2 mi
- Clark Pond Natural Area: 1.9 mi
- Seymour Natural Area: 1.9 mi
- Baker Hill: 1.3 mi
- Fellows Hill: 1.4 mi
- Porter Hill: 2.0 mi
- Sunset Hill: 2.0 mi
- Rowell Hill: 2.2 mi
- Bowls of Blodgett Landing: 2.4 mi
- Wadleigh State Park: 2.6 mi
- Pierce Park: 3.0 mi
- The Sargent Common: 3.0 mi
- Knights Hill Nature Park: 3.1 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 17.2 mi
- naval gun: 17.3 mi
- civil war: 17.3 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 2.4 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 2.4 mi
- State Park Beach: 3.9 mi
- Elkins Beach: 4.2 mi
- Bucklin Beach: 4.5 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 2.7 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 4.6 mi
- Sunapee Historical Society: 4.9 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 8.3 mi
- Newport Historical Society Museum: 9.0 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 9.3 mi
- Gleason Falls: 15.8 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 17.0 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 17.0 mi
- Profile Falls: 18.8 mi
- Baker Ledge: 5.1 mi
- The Bulkhead: 10.8 mi
- The Ledges: 22.0 mi
- Bouldering: 24.9 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 8.7 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 19.3 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 24.8 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 3.0 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 14.3 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 23.0 mi
- Hippy Hill: 12.5 mi
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 24.6 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 19.1 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 23.6 mi
- Tipping Rock: 23.8 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 7.5 mi
- Willard Twin Covered Bridge: 23.6 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 9.0 mi
- The Wrecker: 24.0 mi
- (seasonal): 12.1 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Kings Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kearsarge | E 82° | 891 m | 6.9 mi |
| Summit | SW 226° | 828 m | 5.6 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | SW 221° | 824 m | 5.5 mi |
| South Peak | SW 218° | 794 m | 5.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | E 89° | 774 m | 6.4 mi |
| Lucias Lookout | SSW 212° | 756 m | 7.6 mi |
| Little Mountain | E 87° | 710 m | 7.4 mi |
| North Peak | SW 230° | 692 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:29 | 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 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Sunapee, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 867888 — Kings Hill, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357723004
Day trips start here
- New London · 3 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 11 mi
- Claremont · 18 mi
- Franklin · 18 mi
- Cornish · 20 mi
- Orange · 20 mi
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