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Leighton Mountain

Leighton Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Leighton Mountain rises to 419 m in New Hampshire. Gunstock Mountain stands 674 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Leighton Town Forest, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 4.6 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34923762, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
419 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.58639, -71.58694

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Eames Recreation and Wildlife Area: 1.4 mi
  • Hamlin-Eames-Smyth Recreation: 1.7 mi
  • Childs Park: 3.4 mi
  • Robbie Mills Sports Complex: 4.6 mi
  • Ahern State Park: 4.9 mi
Cliffs: 56
Beaches: 36
  • Hermit Lake Town Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Sandborn Town Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Waukewan Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Weirs Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Leslie E. Roberts Beach: 6.8 mi
Historic sites: 35
Artworks: 20
  • Turitella: 6.4 mi
  • Dragon Fly: 6.4 mi
  • #10 / Dog: 6.5 mi
  • #14 / White: 6.5 mi
  • #28 / South of the Border in Koyoto: 6.5 mi
Museums: 19
Waterfalls: 18
  • Profile Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Livermore Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Welton Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Sculptured Rocks: 15.8 mi
  • Elizabeth Falls: 16.0 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 5.7 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Funspot: 5.8 mi
  • Go-Karts: 6.9 mi
  • Bumper Boats: 6.9 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Peace Garden: 13.2 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Botanical Garden: 16.4 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 16.5 mi
  • Garden at Tracy Library: 23.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Huckins Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 6.6 mi
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Hippy Hill: 14.4 mi
  • Campton Day Use Area: 19.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Leighton Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gunstock MountainESE 112°674 m11.2 mi
Plymouth MountainNW 321°664 m10.9 mi
Hersey MountainWSW 249°608 m3.8 mi
Dickinson HillWSW 245°579 m11.1 mi
Peaked HillNW 308°575 m7.1 mi
Bristol PeakWNW 299°547 m6.5 mi
Page HillWSW 247°516 m10.6 mi
Mount RoweESE 105°509 m10.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0619:4820:32
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1715:2616:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332445666717062503928
Precip in3.12.93.43.63.54.44.63.93.84.83.73.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakeport 2, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 2420614 — Leighton Mountain, Belknap County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357741947

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