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Mount Squam

Mount Squam, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Squam rises to 661 m in New Hampshire. Sandwich Mountain stands 1,215 m to the north-northeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Percival, a peak 0.8 miles away. River Heritage Tour passes 6.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34883698, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
661 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.81567, -71.54235

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sandwich Notch Park: 2.7 mi
  • Sunshine Park: 4.8 mi
  • Holderness Town Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Everrett Field: 5.1 mi
  • Quimby Field: 5.2 mi
Cliffs
Waterfalls: 43
  • Beede Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Livermore Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 6.9 mi
Beaches: 33
Attractions: 26
  • The Old Country Store: 8.4 mi
  • Lucknow Mansion: 12.5 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Funspot: 14.3 mi
  • Lower Pool: 14.3 mi
Historic sites: 22
Artworks: 20
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 8.3 mi
  • #20 / Nova: 11.0 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 11.1 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 11.1 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 11.1 mi
Museums: 17
Springs: 5
  • Elliott Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 17.8 mi
  • lower falls: 20.2 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Campton Day Use Area: 5.7 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
  • Fay Waside Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 20.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
Gardens: 3
  • Peace Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 9.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Mount Squam. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandwich MountainNNE 21°1,215 m6.2 mi
Sandwich DomeNNE 21°1,206 m6.3 mi
Green MountainN 354°1,061 m9.3 mi
Jennings PeakNNE 13°1,038 m6.8 mi
Flat MountainNNE 27°1,015 m8.8 mi
Noon PeakNNE 16°893 m7.5 mi
Flat MountainNE 39°886 m7.8 mi
Dickey MountainNNW 346°833 m7.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:59
June solstice05:0519:4920:33
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1815:2516:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130425362676558463524
Precip in3.22.63.23.33.74.44.53.83.64.63.64.0

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 872722 — Mount Squam, Carroll County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357730803

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