Mount Shaw
Mount Shaw rises to 911 m in New Hampshire. Black Snout stands 854 m to the south, 0.5 miles off. Lakes Region Tour passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
Mount Shaw is a mountain located in the towns of Moultonborough and Tuftonboro in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. It is part of the remains of an ancient volcanic ring dike. With a summit elevation of 2,990 feet (911 m), it is the highest of the Ossipee Mountains. The Ossipee ring-dike complex of central New Hampshire is a visible remnant of a 125 million year old Cretaceous stratovolcano, a member of the later White Mountain igneous province. The complex is circular as viewed on maps and has a diameter of 9 miles (14 km). The ring-dike complex is easy to identify within web-browsed satellite images, with its southeast edge located about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of the town center of Ossipee. Although of only moderate elevation, the topographic isolation of the Ossipee Mountains gives Shaw 2,330 ft (710 m) of prominence above the low ground separating it from the nearby Sandwich Range, the southernmost peaks of the White Mountains, making it one of twelve peaks in New Hampshire with a prominence over 2,000 feet (610 m). Mount Shaw is located within the Castle in the Clouds estate. Its north and southeast sides drain into the Lovell and Dan Hole rivers, thence into the Ossipee River, Saco River and the Gulf of Maine. The southwest side drains into the Melvin River which flows into Lake Winnipesaukee, thence into the Winnipesaukee River, Merrimack River, and into the Gulf of Maine in Massachusetts.
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Wikidata Q6923587, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 911 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
- 17.5 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 17.0 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sugar Hill Overlook · 20 mi
- Lily Pond Vista · 21 mi
- Beaver Brook Overlook · 22 mi
- CL Graham Wangan Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Snout: 0.5 mi
- Mount Flagg: 1.1 mi
- Big Ball Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Turtleback Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Canaan Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Castle in the Clouds: 2.6 mi
- State's Landing: 5.1 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 5.2 mi
- James D. Sutherland Memorial Park: 6.0 mi
- The Point at Long Island: 6.7 mi
- Sargent-Phelps Forest: 3.3 mi
- Ossipee Mountains Forest Legacy Tract: 3.3 mi
- Merrow Preserve at Dan Hole Pond: 3.4 mi
- Great Meadow Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Thurley Mountain Preserve: 3.7 mi
- States Landing: 5.1 mi
- Multonborough Town Beach: 6.7 mi
- Bearcamp Beach: 6.7 mi
- Winmir Beach: 8.6 mi
- North Beach: 8.7 mi
- Watson Ledge: 8.4 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 10.0 mi
- Nickerson Ledge: 14.3 mi
- Overhang: 14.3 mi
- White Mountain Ledge: 17.0 mi
- Lakes Region Airport: 10.8 mi
- Kimball Castle: 12.3 mi
- Mill Falls Waterfall: 12.8 mi
- Mill Falls Marketplace and The Inn at Mill Falls: 12.8 mi
- Glenn P. Hart Memorial Walkway: 13.0 mi
- Loon Center: 5.8 mi
- Libby Museum: 9.0 mi
- Sandwich Historical Society: 9.3 mi
- New Hampshire Boat Museum: 10.5 mi
- Wright Museum: 11.2 mi
- Frog Rock: 4.3 mi
- #20 / Nova: 12.6 mi
- #23 / Red Wing: 12.6 mi
- #27 / Black Sail: 12.6 mi
- #26 / Stone Sail: 12.7 mi
- Lucknow Mansion: 2.6 mi
- The Old Country Store: 6.2 mi
- Mount Washington Boat Terminal: 11.5 mi
- Daytona Fun Park: 13.1 mi
- Bumper Boats: 13.2 mi
- The Cascades: 2.4 mi
- Emerald Pool Falls: 2.4 mi
- Whittier Falls: 2.5 mi
- Twin Falls: 2.5 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 2.5 mi
- Elliott Spring: 11.2 mi
- lower falls: 18.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 20.3 mi
- Huckins Spring: 22.5 mi
- Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 18.0 mi
- Peace Garden: 20.8 mi
- Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Campton Day Use Area: 19.7 mi
- Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 23.1 mi
- Livermore: 23.4 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Mount Shaw. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Snout | S 173° | 854 m | 0.5 mi |
| Faraway Mountain | WNW 303° | 848 m | 2.2 mi |
| Black Snout Mountain | NW 315° | 812 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Roberts | WNW 288° | 782 m | 2.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 6° | 742 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Flagg | E 91° | 728 m | 1.1 mi |
| Mount Whittier | N 10° | 676 m | 4.6 mi |
| Turtleback Mountain | SW 227° | 668 m | 1.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:47 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:24 | 16:11 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357727391
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