Owl's Head
Owl's Head rises to 983 m in New Hampshire. Mount Adams stands 1,748 m to the east, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Martha, a peak 0.6 miles away. Presidential Range Tour passes 4.7 miles off.
The story
Owl's Head, or Owlshead, is a 3,258-foot (993 m) peak of Cherry Mountain, in Carroll, New Hampshire, United States, and (at least since 2001) the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF). The lower reaches of the mountain also extend northward into the town of Jefferson. It is known both as the namesake of the nearby Owl's Head Highway, and as a hiking destination on the Owl's Head Trail. In 2005 the Trust for Public Land (TPL) acquired private land including about three-quarters of the trail, and a road easement that could provide access in place of the part of the trail lying on land that remains private. TPL at that time anticipated transferring its land to the U.S. Forest Service in the following year, for inclusion in the WMNF.
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Wikidata Q7114831, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 983 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 4.7 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 4.8 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 10.6 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- North Overlook · 9 mi
- Idlewilde View · 9 mi
- Lookout Ledge · 10 mi
- Elephant Head · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Martha: 0.6 mi
- The Humps: 0.8 mi
- Appleby Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Hardwood Ridge: 3.6 mi
- Mount Deception: 4.5 mi
- Agnew State Forest: 1.9 mi
- Ammonoosuc River Forest: 6.8 mi
- Robert W. Durant Natural Area: 7.8 mi
- Randolph Community Forest: 7.9 mi
- David Dana Forest: 8.0 mi
- Twin Mountain Fish Hatchery: 3.5 mi
- The Common: 6.4 mi
- Whitefield Park: 6.7 mi
- Randolf Springs Town Park: 8.5 mi
- Weeks State Park: 8.9 mi
- Lower Ammonoosuc Falls: 4.8 mi
- Upper Falls: 6.3 mi
- Middle Falls: 6.3 mi
- Gibbs Falls: 9.2 mi
- Chandler Fall: 9.2 mi
- Cog Railway Display: 5.2 mi
- You Tubing: 6.0 mi
- Reindeer Rendezvous: 6.0 mi
- Merry Crismas Ferris wheel: 6.0 mi
- The Peppermint Twist: 6.0 mi
- Elephant Head: 9.6 mi
- Bugle Cliff: 9.8 mi
- Zeacliff: 10.7 mi
- Frankenstein Cliff: 14.1 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 14.7 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 7.6 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 8.8 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Glen Ellis Scenic Area: 13.4 mi
- Jefferson Historical Museum: 5.3 mi
- John Wingate Weeks Historic Museum: 8.7 mi
- Lancaster Historical Society: 11.7 mi
- Littleton Historical Museum: 13.9 mi
- Franconia Heritage Museum: 14.6 mi
- Jarhead Motorcycle Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Mine Shaft: 8.2 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Ravine House Site: 10.3 mi
- Willey House: 11.8 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 9.1 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 9.1 mi
- Peabody Spring: 9.5 mi
- Liberty Spring: 17.1 mi
- Lac Littleton: 18.6 mi
- Boise Rock: 15.8 mi
- The Basin, West: 17.6 mi
- The Basin, East: 17.8 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 20.1 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 14.1 mi
- Tree Harp: 14.1 mi
- Sunflowers: 14.2 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 10.9 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 17.7 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 11.6 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 15.0 mi
- Livermore: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Owl's Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Adams | E 97° | 1,748 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Jefferson | ESE 105° | 1,725 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Clay | ESE 113° | 1,684 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Sam Adams | E 97° | 1,682 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Abigail Adams | E 96° | 1,626 m | 9.5 mi |
| Adams Five | E 100° | 1,590 m | 9.3 mi |
| Little Monroe | SE 125° | 1,567 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Franklin | SE 128° | 1,516 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 19:50 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:22 | 16:10 |
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 | 16 | 18 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 23 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitefield MT Washington Rgnl, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 868957 — Owlshead, Coos County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357725208
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