Mount Tug
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
- 5.2 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
- 5.5 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 9.7 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
- 18.3 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Granite Mills Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
- Richard Smart Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
- Ayers State Forest: 2.6 mi
- Knowles Pond Conservation Area: 2.7 mi
- Sotir Conservation Area: 2.9 mi
- Brown Hill: 1.8 mi
- Bean Hill: 2.2 mi
- Zion Hill: 2.9 mi
- Hart Hill: 3.8 mi
- Smith Hill: 4.7 mi
- Tilton Arch Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Tilton Arch: 1.9 mi
- Odell Park Arch: 3.8 mi
- William A. Fenlason Square: 3.9 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 4.6 mi
- 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
- Uranus: 13.5 mi
- Neptune: 13.6 mi
- Pluto: 13.7 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 14.4 mi
- John Parker Hale: 14.4 mi
- Franklin Firefighter's Museum: 4.0 mi
- Canterbury Historical Society: 5.3 mi
- North East Motor Sports Museum: 7.5 mi
- Autopac Gallery: 10.9 mi
- McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center: 13.3 mi
- 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
- The Bulkhead: 12.5 mi
- Crocketts Ledge: 13.4 mi
- White Mountain Ledge: 13.7 mi
- Carbonneau Cave: 14.9 mi
- Baker Ledge: 15.7 mi
- 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
- Canterbury Rest Area: 3.0 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 5.5 mi
- Hooksett Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Botanical Garden: 6.1 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 20.1 mi
- Peace Garden: 24.7 mi
- Huckins Spring: 8.9 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 15.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 23.4 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 14.3 mi
- Hippy Hill: 15.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Mount Tug. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piper Mountain | ENE 59° | 617 m | 12.1 mi |
| Hersey Mountain | NNW 341° | 608 m | 11.2 mi |
| Dickinson Hill | NW 306° | 579 m | 12.5 mi |
| Durrell Mountain | ENE 66° | 500 m | 10.8 mi |
| Tucker Mountain | WNW 303° | 495 m | 10.4 mi |
| Sanbornton Mountain | NNW 344° | 484 m | 10.1 mi |
| Whiteface Mountain | ENE 62° | 477 m | 11.2 mi |
| March Hill | WNW 298° | 468 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:27 | 16:14 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
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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