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Mount Shaw

Mount Shaw, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Shaw rises to 785 m in New Hampshire. North Baldface stands 1,099 m to the north, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is The Twins (North peak), a peak 0.5 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 4.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34928449, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
785 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.13566, -71.06568

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • First River Bridge Park: 6.5 mi
  • Hussey Field: 6.5 mi
  • Schouler Park: 6.6 mi
  • First Church of Christ Congregational Park: 6.7 mi
  • PUMP TRACK: 6.8 mi
Waterfalls: 40
Cliffs: 31
  • Thin Air Face: 7.0 mi
  • Barber Wall: 7.2 mi
  • The Slabs: 7.6 mi
  • Echo Roof: 7.6 mi
  • South Buttress: 7.7 mi
Historic sites: 17
Picnic sites: 17
  • Glen Ellis Scenic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 13.6 mi
  • Dolly Copp Picnic Ground: 15.1 mi
  • Gilead Picnic Ground: 18.5 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Roar-o-Saurus: 5.7 mi
  • Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 5.7 mi
  • Cranmore Mountain Coaster: 6.0 mi
  • Giant Swing: 6.0 mi
  • Diana's Baths - Parking: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 8.2 mi
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Beach Area #1: 10.1 mi
  • Beach Area #2: 10.3 mi
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 10.4 mi
Museums: 15
Springs: 6
  • Deer Hill Spring: 7.5 mi
  • lower falls: 12.2 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 17.3 mi
Artworks: 4
Gardens: 3
  • Mary's Garden: 18.4 mi
  • Bridgton Community Gardens: 18.7 mi
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Sabatis Island Rest Area: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Mount Shaw. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North BaldfaceN 352°1,099 m7.5 mi
South BaldfaceN 355°1,081 m6.6 mi
Sable MountainNNW 345°1,069 m5.7 mi
Black MountainNW 324°1,010 m7.6 mi
Chandler MountainNNW 337°1,000 m5.0 mi
Kearsarge NorthSW 214°991 m2.5 mi
North DoubleheadNW 305°922 m3.9 mi
Eagle CragN 358°907 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:57
June solstice05:0219:4820:32
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1715:2116:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231435565706860483727
Precip in3.63.23.74.43.74.54.54.43.75.54.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Conway, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 872364 — Mountain Shaw, Carroll County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357730438

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