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Mount Surprise

Mount Surprise, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Surprise rises to 271 m in New Hampshire. Chandler Mountain stands 1,000 m to the north, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Surprise Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 0.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34883845, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
271 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.08365, -71.12396

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Hussey Field: 2.0 mi
  • First River Bridge Park: 2.0 mi
  • Schouler Park: 2.2 mi
  • First Church of Christ Congregational Park: 2.5 mi
  • Cathedral Ledge State Park: 2.6 mi
Waterfalls: 45
Cliffs: 30
  • Thin Air Face: 2.5 mi
  • Barber Wall: 2.6 mi
  • The Slabs: 3.0 mi
  • Echo Roof: 3.0 mi
  • South Buttress: 3.1 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Diana's Baths - Parking: 2.1 mi
  • Cranmore Mountain Coaster: 2.1 mi
  • Giant Swing: 2.1 mi
  • Roar-o-Saurus: 3.5 mi
  • Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 3.6 mi
Historic sites: 17
Beaches: 17
  • Beach Area #1: 6.1 mi
  • Beach Area #2: 6.4 mi
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 9.4 mi
  • Porridge Shore Beach: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 17
Museums: 13
  • MWOBs Admin Office: 2.0 mi
  • Conway Railroad Museum: 2.2 mi
  • New England Ski Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 5.2 mi
  • Salyards Museum: 7.2 mi
Springs: 6
  • lower falls: 7.7 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 18.4 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Hannes Schneider: 2.0 mi
  • Loon Mural: 20.7 mi
  • Bridgton and Saco River R.R.: 21.0 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Mary's Garden: 20.5 mi
  • Bridgton Community Gardens: 20.8 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Sabatis Island Rest Area: 15.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Mount Surprise. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chandler MountainN 6°1,000 m8.2 mi
Kearsarge NorthNE 44°991 m2.1 mi
North Moat MountainWSW 238°956 m5.3 mi
North DoubleheadN 357°922 m5.8 mi
Big Attitash MountainWSW 244°885 m5.9 mi
South DoubleheadN 356°870 m5.4 mi
Middle Moat MountainSW 222°840 m5.6 mi
South Moat MountainSW 217°828 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0219:4820:32
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1715:2216:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231435565706860483727
Precip in3.63.23.74.43.74.54.54.43.75.54.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Conway, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 872766 — Mount Surprise, Carroll County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357730868

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