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Mount Surprise

Mount Surprise, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Surprise rises to 658 m in New Hampshire. Mount Adams stands 1,748 m to the west-southwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Moriah Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Presidential Range Tour passes 1.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34883858, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
658 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.36220, -71.15206

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
  • Gorham Common: 2.1 mi
  • Moose Brook Park: 3.4 mi
  • Moose Brook State Park: 4.1 mi
  • Chester Hayes Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
  • William H. Peek Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 37
  • Triple Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Hitchcock Fall: 5.9 mi
  • Coosauk Fall: 5.9 mi
  • Salmacis Fall: 6.5 mi
  • Gordon Fall: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 31
  • ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 8.0 mi
  • Mount Washington Observatory: 9.8 mi
  • Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 17.0 mi
  • Roar-o-Saurus: 17.0 mi
  • Ho Ho Ho H20: 17.4 mi
Cliffs: 22
Picnic sites: 17
  • Dolly Copp Picnic Ground: 4.1 mi
  • P6: 4.6 mi
  • P5: 4.6 mi
  • P4: 4.6 mi
  • P10: 4.6 mi
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 13
Springs: 6
  • Peabody Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Mountain fountain: 18.7 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 17.6 mi
  • Greenwood Town Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 23.5 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 7.3 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 22.4 mi
Artworks: 2
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Mount Surprise. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AdamsWSW 247°1,748 m7.5 mi
Mount Sam AdamsWSW 249°1,682 m7.8 mi
Mount MadisonWSW 249°1,636 m6.6 mi
Mount Quincy AdamsWSW 249°1,633 m7.2 mi
Mount Abigail AdamsWSW 251°1,626 m7.8 mi
Adams FiveWSW 247°1,590 m8.3 mi
Carter DomeSSW 192°1,471 m6.7 mi
Mount HightS 189°1,415 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0119:4920:33
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1815:2116:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171928415462676557463524
Precip in3.12.52.93.53.64.24.24.03.54.93.53.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gorham AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 872765 — Mount Surprise, Coos County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357730865

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