Nelson Hill
Nelson Hill rises to 354 m in New Hampshire. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the northeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Burpee Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34885075, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 354 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 12.0 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 18.5 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 18.6 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 4 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 25 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 27 mi
- Indian Ridge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Burpee Hill: 0.8 mi
- The Pinnacle: 1.0 mi
- Poor Farm Hill: 1.5 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 1.5 mi
- Dodge Hill: 1.8 mi
- Fishersfield Park: 2.0 mi
- Larsen Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
- Wadleigh State Park: 2.9 mi
- Sunapee State Park: 3.5 mi
- Whitman Park: 3.8 mi
- Russell Pond: 2.5 mi
- Webb/Crowell Forest: 2.6 mi
- Sutton Town Forest & Wetland: 2.8 mi
- Shadow Hill State Forest: 2.9 mi
- Seymour Natural Area: 3.0 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 16.6 mi
- William A. Fenlason Square: 18.2 mi
- naval gun: 18.4 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 2.7 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 4.5 mi
- State Park Beach: 4.5 mi
- Elkins Beach: 6.7 mi
- Dewey Beach: 7.2 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 3.7 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 6.8 mi
- Sunapee Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 8.5 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 8.7 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 10.2 mi
- Uranus: 23.4 mi
- Neptune: 23.4 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 23.4 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 23.5 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 10.0 mi
- Gleason Falls: 12.6 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 20.2 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 20.2 mi
- Profile Falls: 20.7 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 22.2 mi
- Everett Dam: 22.6 mi
- Everett Dam: 22.7 mi
- Everett Dam: 22.7 mi
- Everett Dam: 22.7 mi
- Baker Ledge: 5.1 mi
- The Bulkhead: 12.4 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 22.1 mi
- The Ledges: 24.4 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 6.2 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 11.9 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 24.6 mi
- Botanical Garden: 24.6 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 11.7 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- (seasonal): 9.5 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 22.5 mi
- Hippy Hill: 15.0 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 21.4 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 9.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Nelson Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kearsarge | NE 56° | 891 m | 7.2 mi |
| Summit | W 261° | 828 m | 5.0 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | WSW 257° | 824 m | 4.6 mi |
| South Peak | WSW 257° | 794 m | 4.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | ENE 60° | 774 m | 6.4 mi |
| Lucias Lookout | SW 236° | 756 m | 5.9 mi |
| Little Sunapee Mountain | SW 229° | 734 m | 6.6 mi |
| Little Mountain | ENE 62° | 710 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:29 | 16:16 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bradford 2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357724683
Day trips start here
- New London · 6 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 14 mi
- Franklin · 18 mi
- Claremont · 19 mi
- Tilton · 21 mi
- Cornish · 22 mi
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