Mount Kearsarge
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Mount Kearsarge rises to 891 m in New Hampshire. Black Mountain stands 774 m to the south-southwest, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Winslow State Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
Mount Kearsarge is a mountain located in Wilmot, New Hampshire, and Warner, New Hampshire. Two state parks are located at the northern and southern bases of the mountain—Winslow State Park and Rollins State Park, respectively—and the entire mountain is within Kearsarge Mountain State Forest. On a very clear day, skyscrapers in the city of Boston 80 miles (130 km) away are visible from the fire tower on the summit. The summit has remained bare since a 1796 forest fire. The name of the mountain evolved from a 1652 rendering of the native Pennacook tribal name for the mountain, Carasarga, which it is surmised means "notch-pointed-mountain of pines".
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Wikidata Q6921615, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 891 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 5.9 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 14.1 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
- 18.5 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 10 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 29 mi
- Indian Ridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Winslow State Park: 0.7 mi
- Wilmot Town Ball Field: 3.3 mi
- Timmy Patten Park: 3.4 mi
- Carr Field: 3.9 mi
- Scytheville Park: 4.6 mi
- Little Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Black Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Mission Ridge: 1.7 mi
- Morey Hill: 1.8 mi
- Gage Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mount Kearsarge State Forest: 1.3 mi
- Kearsarge Wildlife Management Area: 1.9 mi
- Elliot and Catherine Reiner Woodland Conservancy: 2.4 mi
- Warner Town Forest: 2.8 mi
- Black Mountain Forest: 3.0 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 10.5 mi
- William A. Fenlason Square: 11.1 mi
- Odell Park Arch: 11.4 mi
- Old Hill VIllage: 12.7 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 4.9 mi
- Elkins Beach: 4.9 mi
- Bucklin Beach: 8.1 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 9.3 mi
- Lagace Beach: 10.3 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 3.7 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 7.3 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 7.5 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 9.5 mi
- Franklin Firefighter's Museum: 11.1 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 15.9 mi
- Uranus: 19.8 mi
- Neptune: 19.8 mi
- Pluto: 20.0 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 20.1 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 18.4 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 18.5 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 19.7 mi
- Everett Dam: 22.4 mi
- Everett Dam: 22.4 mi
- Profile Falls: 14.2 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 16.2 mi
- Gleason Falls: 17.3 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 18.3 mi
- Welton Falls: 18.9 mi
- Baker Ledge: 2.1 mi
- The Bulkhead: 5.9 mi
- The Ledges: 18.9 mi
- Crocketts Ledge: 21.5 mi
- White Mountain Ledge: 21.6 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 6.8 mi
- Botanical Garden: 18.6 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 18.6 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 18.6 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 12.5 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 13.6 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- (seasonal): 16.2 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 16.2 mi
- Huckins Spring: 22.7 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 3.3 mi
- Hippy Hill: 9.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Mount Kearsarge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | SSW 208° | 774 m | 0.9 mi |
| Little Mountain | SE 131° | 710 m | 0.8 mi |
| The Pinnacle | NNE 13° | 689 m | 6.0 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | N 5° | 689 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bly Hill | WSW 248° | 614 m | 8.6 mi |
| Kings Hill | W 263° | 583 m | 6.9 mi |
| Sunset Hill | WSW 255° | 558 m | 8.6 mi |
| Sawyer Hill | SE 144° | 555 m | 2.7 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 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:28 | 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 | 25 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salisbury, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357722840
Day trips start here
- New London · 7 mi
- Franklin · 11 mi
- Tilton · 14 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 16 mi
- Concord · 19 mi
- Orange · 20 mi
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