Mink Hills
Mink Hills rises to 496 m in New Hampshire. Black Mountain stands 774 m to the north, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Harriman-Chandler State Forest, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49050580, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 496 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 5.0 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 11.1 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 14.7 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stewarts Peak: 0.8 mi
- Waldron Hill: 1.4 mi
- Chapin Hill: 1.4 mi
- Bible Hill: 2.4 mi
- Clark Hill: 2.6 mi
- Riverside Park: 2.4 mi
- School Street Park: 2.8 mi
- French's Park: 3.4 mi
- Warren Brook Park: 4.2 mi
- Whitman Park: 5.4 mi
- Harriman-Chandler State Forest: 0.7 mi
- Ashendon State Forest: 1.6 mi
- Gilmore State Forest: 2.4 mi
- Warner Town Forest: 2.8 mi
- Carroll State Forest: 3.1 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 8.4 mi
- Elkins Beach: 11.9 mi
- State Park Beach: 11.9 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 12.1 mi
- Riverland Beach: 13.6 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 12.7 mi
- Boudreau Square: 13.0 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Hannah Duston Memorial: 13.5 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 2.5 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 2.5 mi
- Little Nature Museum: 8.8 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 11.3 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 12.3 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 16.3 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 16.4 mi
- Christa McAuliffe: 16.4 mi
- John Parker Hale: 16.4 mi
- Daniel Webster: 16.4 mi
- Gleason Falls: 9.4 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 16.9 mi
- Brennan Falls: 18.5 mi
- Profile Falls: 22.3 mi
- Senter Falls: 23.1 mi
- Baker Ledge: 7.6 mi
- The Bulkhead: 14.4 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 14.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliff: 20.1 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 19.1 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Everett Dam: 15.1 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 16.4 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 19.5 mi
- Frog Rock: 23.5 mi
- (seasonal): 11.1 mi
- River Road Spring: 20.9 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 24.5 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 12.6 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 13.3 mi
- Botanical Garden: 19.8 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 17.1 mi
- Hippy Hill: 18.4 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 11.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Mink Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | N 356° | 774 m | 7.9 mi |
| Knights Hill | WSW 236° | 573 m | 5.3 mi |
| Sawyer Hill | NNE 13° | 555 m | 6.6 mi |
| Stewarts Peak | SW 231° | 552 m | 0.8 mi |
| Gage Hill | N 350° | 539 m | 6.7 mi |
| Thompson Hill | SW 224° | 536 m | 6.7 mi |
| Rowes Hill | SW 234° | 525 m | 5.2 mi |
| Silver Hill | WSW 243° | 497 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:48 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
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 | 23 | 32 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hopkinton Lake, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 868486 — Mink Hills, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357724252
Day trips start here
- New London · 13 mi
- Concord · 16 mi
- Franklin · 17 mi
- Tilton · 18 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 21 mi
- Merrimack Valley · 21 mi
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