Mount Squam
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
- 6.0 mi off the River Heritage Tour
- 5.9 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
- 14.4 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 16.2 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- CL Graham Wangan Overlook · 15 mi
- Sugar Hill Overlook · 15 mi
- Lily Pond Vista · 15 mi
- Pemigewasset Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Eagle Cliff: 4.7 mi
- Watson Ledge: 6.4 mi
- South America Wall: 7.4 mi
- The Ocean: 7.4 mi
- The Central Tongue: 7.4 mi
- Mount Percival: 0.8 mi
- Doublehead Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Mount Morgan: 1.4 mi
- Peaked Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mount Webster: 2.4 mi
- Doublehead Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Eastman Brook Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Mick Stanley Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Wallace Marsh: 1.7 mi
- Smith Brook Conservation Area: 1.8 mi
- Beede Falls: 2.6 mi
- Lower Falls: 2.7 mi
- Livermore Falls: 6.6 mi
- Great Falls: 6.9 mi
- Fletcher Cascades: 8.3 mi
- Sandwich Town Beach: 4.2 mi
- Birch Beach: 5.0 mi
- Edna-Maude Beach: 5.1 mi
- South Beach: 5.2 mi
- Center Harbor Town Beach: 8.5 mi
- 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
- Piper Homestead: 6.0 mi
- Captain Douglas A. DiCenzo Bridge: 8.2 mi
- Draper & Maynard Co.: 8.2 mi
- Bobcat Boulder: 8.3 mi
- Capt. Harl Pease Jr.: 8.3 mi
- 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
- Sandwich Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- Squam Lakes Natural Science Center: 6.1 mi
- Museum of the White Mountains: 8.4 mi
- Curious George Cottage: 9.3 mi
- Loon Center: 9.3 mi
- 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
- 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
- The Basin, East: 22.1 mi
- The Basin, West: 22.4 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 22.6 mi
- Boise Rock: 24.3 mi
- Peace Garden: 8.3 mi
- Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 8.8 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- Livermore: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Mount Squam. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandwich Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,215 m | 6.2 mi |
| Sandwich Dome | NNE 21° | 1,206 m | 6.3 mi |
| Green Mountain | N 354° | 1,061 m | 9.3 mi |
| Jennings Peak | NNE 13° | 1,038 m | 6.8 mi |
| Noon Peak | NNE 16° | 893 m | 7.5 mi |
| Flat Mountain | NE 39° | 886 m | 7.8 mi |
| Dickey Mountain | NNW 346° | 833 m | 7.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | N 7° | 830 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:25 | 16:12 |
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 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
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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