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Mount Starr King

Mount Starr King, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Starr King rises to 1,186 m in New Hampshire. Mount Adams stands 1,748 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Waumbek, a peak 0.8 miles away. Woodland Heritage Trail passes 2.1 miles off.

The story

Mount Starr King is a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire. The mountain is named after Thomas Starr King (1824–1864), and is part of the Pliny Range of the White Mountains. Mt. Starr King is flanked to the east by Mount Waumbek, and to the northwest by Haystack Mountain. Starr King is drained by various brooks into the Israel River, and thence into the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound. The Willard Basin Ski Area development was proposed and surveyed for the northern slope of Mount Starr King in the mid-1960s. An aerial tramway ski lift and hotel were planned to be constructed on the summit of the peak.

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Wikidata Q8523204, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1186 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.43464, -71.43306

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks: 43
  • Weeks State Park: 7.0 mi
  • Randolf Springs Town Park: 7.1 mi
  • Soldier Park: 7.6 mi
  • Colonel Town Recreation Park: 7.8 mi
  • Durand Lake: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 42
  • Gordon Fall: 8.5 mi
  • Salroc Fall: 8.6 mi
  • Tama Fall: 8.7 mi
  • Chandler Fall: 9.0 mi
  • Coosauk Fall: 9.4 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Ho Ho Ho H20: 3.0 mi
  • Rudys Rapid Transit: 3.0 mi
  • Hot Shots Fire Brigade: 3.1 mi
  • Firehouse Game: 3.1 mi
  • The Red Hot Racers: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • P1: 10.4 mi
  • P7: 10.4 mi
  • P2: 10.4 mi
  • P8: 10.4 mi
  • P3: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 17
Museums: 14
Historic sites: 11
Springs: 6
  • Peabody Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 23.1 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Boise Rock: 22.9 mi
  • Littleton Rest Area: 23.0 mi
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 23.5 mi
  • The Basin, West: 24.8 mi
  • The Basin, East: 25.0 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Pollyanna Statue: 19.0 mi
  • Tree Harp: 19.1 mi
  • Sunflowers: 19.1 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 12.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Mount Starr King. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AdamsSE 138°1,748 m10.5 mi
Mount JeffersonSSE 147°1,725 m10.7 mi
Mount Sam AdamsSE 140°1,682 m10.2 mi
Mount MadisonSE 133°1,636 m10.6 mi
Mount Quincy AdamsSE 137°1,633 m10.5 mi
Mount Abigail AdamsSE 139°1,626 m10.0 mi
Adams FiveSE 143°1,590 m10.3 mi
Mount CabotN 10°1,258 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0219:5020:35
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:2015:2116:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171928415362676556463423
Precip in2.52.32.63.43.84.44.34.03.34.32.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 870151 — Mount Starr King, Coos County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357727808

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