Mount Surprise
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
- 1.2 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 2.1 mi off the Moose Path Trail
- 3.2 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 7.7 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Alpine Cascade · 6 mi
- Lookout Ledge · 8 mi
- Lila's Ledge · 8 mi
- Square. Ledge · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Moriah Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Mount Moriah: 1.8 mi
- Stevens Point: 2.4 mi
- Imp Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Point Lookout: 2.6 mi
- 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
- Shelburne Valley Forest: 2.4 mi
- Mascot Mine Natural Area: 3.1 mi
- Lead Mine State Forest: 3.2 mi
- Lead Mine State Forest: 3.5 mi
- Androscoggin Wildlife Management Area: 3.5 mi
- 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
- 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
- Wild River Crag: 7.0 mi
- Bugle Cliff: 16.1 mi
- Elephant Head: 16.2 mi
- Browns Ledge: 16.3 mi
- Frankenstein Cliff: 17.8 mi
- Dolly Copp Picnic Ground: 4.1 mi
- P6: 4.6 mi
- P5: 4.6 mi
- P4: 4.6 mi
- P10: 4.6 mi
- Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 2.1 mi
- Moffett House Museum: 7.8 mi
- Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 14.9 mi
- Jefferson Historical Museum: 15.8 mi
- Moses Mason House Museum: 18.1 mi
- Ravine House Site: 6.8 mi
- Jarhead Motorcycle Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Memorial Boulders: 14.8 mi
- Dummer Veterans Memorial: 17.3 mi
- Willey House: 17.4 mi
- 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
- Pleasant Point Town Beach: 17.6 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 23.1 mi
- Fiddlehead Campground: 23.5 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 7.3 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 22.4 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 18.2 mi
- Hannes Schneider: 21.2 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 17.7 mi
- Livermore: 22.8 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Adams | WSW 247° | 1,748 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Sam Adams | WSW 249° | 1,682 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Madison | WSW 249° | 1,636 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Quincy Adams | WSW 249° | 1,633 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Abigail Adams | WSW 251° | 1,626 m | 7.8 mi |
| Adams Five | WSW 247° | 1,590 m | 8.3 mi |
| Carter Dome | SSW 192° | 1,471 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Hight | S 189° | 1,415 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:01 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:21 | 16:09 |
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 | 17 | 19 | 28 | 41 | 54 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
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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