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Mount Kancamagus

Mount Kancamagus, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Kancamagus rises to 1,127 m in New Hampshire. Mount Carrigain stands 1,422 m to the north-northeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is K1 Cliff, a cliff 1.0 miles away. Kancamagus Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34881939, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1127 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.01115, -71.47902

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
  • K1 Cliff: 1.0 mi
  • K2 Cliff: 1.1 mi
  • Split Cliff: 2.7 mi
  • Greens Cliff: 4.1 mi
  • Greens Cliff: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Greeley Ponds Scenic Area: 1.2 mi
  • Sawyer Pond Scenic Area: 5.7 mi
  • The Bowl Research Natural Area: 6.6 mi
  • Nancy Brook Research Natural Area: 8.4 mi
  • Rich Memorial Forest: 9.1 mi
Peaks
Parks
Waterfalls: 55
  • Norway Rapids: 3.0 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Fletcher Cascades: 5.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Lower Pool: 4.3 mi
  • Alpine Adventures Outdoor Recreation: 9.9 mi
  • Ice Castles: 11.1 mi
  • Flume Gorge: 11.3 mi
  • Table Rock Flume Brook: 11.4 mi
Museums: 23
Historic sites: 22
Artworks: 21
  • Hannes Schneider: 18.6 mi
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 20.4 mi
  • Frog Rock: 21.6 mi
  • #20 / Nova: 24.3 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 19
Picnic sites: 9
Springs: 7
  • Elliott Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 11.1 mi
  • lower falls: 11.6 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 22.2 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 18.2 mi
  • Peace Garden: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Mount Kancamagus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CarrigainNNE 16°1,422 m5.9 mi
Mount HancockN 352°1,343 m5.0 mi
South HancockN 355°1,316 m4.3 mi
Mount OsceolaWSW 257°1,315 m2.9 mi
Middle HancockN 357°1,304 m4.6 mi
Middle PeakW 262°1,280 m3.2 mi
North TripyramidSE 146°1,274 m3.2 mi
Middle TripyramidSSE 149°1,262 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0419:4920:33
September equinox06:3418:0718:45
December solstice07:1815:2416:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171827405161666457453424
Precip in3.93.24.34.64.25.24.84.44.25.64.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville Valley Nepp, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357730214

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