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Mount Tug

Mount Tug, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Tug rises to 231 m in New Hampshire. Piper Mountain stands 617 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pines Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Canterbury Shaker Village Byway passes 5.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 5093856

Wikidata Q34928050, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
231 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.41295, -71.58502

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pines Park: 1.4 mi
  • Arch Park: 1.9 mi
  • Surrette Park: 2.0 mi
  • Tilton Island Park: 2.1 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 41
Beaches: 40
  • Lagace Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Griffin Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Riverland Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Leslie E. Roberts Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Sandborn Town Beach: 9.5 mi
Artworks: 34
Museums: 24
Attractions: 14
  • Canterbury Shaker Village: 6.1 mi
  • Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 13.3 mi
  • Go-Karts: 14.7 mi
  • Bumper Boats: 14.7 mi
  • Daytona Fun Park: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • Profile Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Steeles Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Welton Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Elizabeth Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Sculptured Rocks: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Canterbury Rest Area: 3.0 mi
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 5.5 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 21.6 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 21.7 mi
Gardens: 4
Springs: 3
  • Huckins Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 23.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Hippy Hill: 15.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Mount Tug. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piper MountainENE 59°617 m12.1 mi
Hersey MountainNNW 341°608 m11.2 mi
Dickinson HillNW 306°579 m12.5 mi
Durrell MountainENE 66°500 m10.8 mi
Tucker MountainWNW 303°495 m10.4 mi
Sanbornton MountainNNW 344°484 m10.1 mi
Whiteface MountainENE 62°477 m11.2 mi
March HillWNW 298°468 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0619:4820:31
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1715:2716:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231435564706860483626
Precip in3.12.83.33.53.64.34.24.13.74.93.94.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin Falls DAM, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 870528 — Mount Tug, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357728420

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