Peak · New Hampshire
Mount Tug
Mount Tug rises to 489 m in New Hampshire. North Peak stands 702 m to the north-northeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Lebrun Meadow, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 5.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34928024, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 489 m
How to reach it
Coordinates43.66388, -72.18373
- 5.6 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 9.2 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 17.1 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 18.2 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Balch Hill · 5 mi
- Indian Ridge · 5 mi
- Norman Overlook · 5 mi
- Sunset Viewing Spot · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Lebrun Meadow: 1.0 mi
- Mill Parcel: 1.3 mi
- Mill Road Floodplain Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Signal Hill Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
- Baum Conservation Area: 2.2 mi
Parks
- Fellows Hill: 1.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
- Mascoma Lakeside Park: 2.4 mi
- Huse Park: 2.5 mi
- Hayes Farm Park: 2.8 mi
Peaks
- Hayes Hill: 1.9 mi
- Signal Hill: 2.3 mi
- Shaker Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Bass Hill: 3.1 mi
- Rix Ledges: 3.1 mi
Cliffs: 48
- Bouldering: 3.1 mi
- Holt's Ledge: 8.9 mi
- Winslow Ledge: 9.3 mi
- The Palisades: 17.2 mi
- Buffalo Pit: 19.3 mi
Historic sites: 34
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 1.7 mi
- The Bill Farm: 3.5 mi
- Cummings Dam: 3.8 mi
- Pest House: 4.4 mi
- BASIC: The First User-Friendly Computer Programming Language: 4.6 mi
Beaches: 26
- Shakoma Beach: 2.6 mi
- Goose Pond Dam Beach: 5.0 mi
- Goose Pond Park Beach: 5.7 mi
- Mink Brook Swimming Area: 6.3 mi
- Canaan Street Lake Beach: 7.1 mi
Museums: 22
- Shaker Museum: 3.6 mi
- Hood Museum of Art: 5.8 mi
- Montshire Museum of Science: 6.6 mi
- Main Street Museum: 6.8 mi
- Canaan Historical Museum: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 18
- The Wrecker: 3.7 mi
- Refuge: 5.8 mi
- Perdido: 5.8 mi
- Dartmouth Panels: 5.8 mi
- Robert Frost: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls: 17
- Big Dog Falls: 5.4 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 5.5 mi
- The Chutes: 11.1 mi
- The Chutes: 11.1 mi
- Sumner Falls: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 15
- Tipping Rock: 4.3 mi
- Lyman Point: 6.7 mi
- Train: Boston & Maine Engine 494: 6.8 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 9.6 mi
- Lyme-East Thetford Bridge: 10.2 mi
Covered bridges: 15
- Union Village Covered Bridge: 9.3 mi
- Willard Twin Covered Bridge: 9.6 mi
- Sayre Bridge: 12.1 mi
- Edgell Covered Bridge: 14.1 mi
- Middle Covered Bridge: 17.1 mi
Gardens: 4
- Canillas Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Life Sciences Greenhouse: 5.9 mi
- South Royalton Community Garden: 19.7 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Area 1: 10.5 mi
- Area 2: 11.0 mi
- Hippy Hill: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 8.7 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center - Sharon: 12.9 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 14.1 mi
Springs: 1
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Mount Tug. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Peak | NNE 24° | 702 m | 5.3 mi |
| South Peak | NNE 26° | 693 m | 4.4 mi |
| Holts Ledge | NNE 27° | 643 m | 8.4 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSE 155° | 641 m | 6.8 mi |
| Bear Hill | NNE 22° | 593 m | 8.6 mi |
| Snow Mountain | S 179° | 570 m | 6.5 mi |
| Methodist Hill | S 182° | 552 m | 5.3 mi |
| Montcalm Hill | SSE 151° | 536 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:51 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:28 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 34 | 47 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hanover, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357728424
Day trips start here
- Lebanon · 4 mi
- Hanover · 6 mi
- White River Junction · 7 mi
- Norwich · 8 mi
- Orange · 11 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 12 mi
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