Porcupine Hill
Porcupine Hill rises to 242 m in New Hampshire. Green Mountain stands 566 m to the north, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Tibbetts Hill, a peak 1.4 miles away. Branch River Valley Trail passes 5.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Hampshire, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34897710, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 242 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 7.3 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
- 19.5 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
- 23.7 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Governor Wentworth Historic Site: 4.0 mi
- Association Park (PRIVATE): 4.1 mi
- Wentworth State Park: 4.2 mi
- Y-Field: 4.3 mi
- Ames Park: 4.9 mi
- Whiteface Mountain Hiking Trail: 2.3 mi
- Little Pine River State Forest: 2.4 mi
- Wakefield Town Forest: 2.8 mi
- Warren Brook Conservation Easement: 4.3 mi
- Split Rock Conservation Area: 4.3 mi
- Tibbetts Hill: 1.4 mi
- Cotton Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Long Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Cooks Hill: 2.2 mi
- Whiteface Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Belleau Lake Public Beach: 3.9 mi
- BLPOA Beach: 4.1 mi
- Clows Beach: 4.3 mi
- Lake Ivanhoe Beach: 4.9 mi
- Province Lake Beach: 5.2 mi
- Frog Rock: 15.0 mi
- Fairy Village: 18.8 mi
- #20 / Nova: 21.5 mi
- #23 / Red Wing: 21.5 mi
- #27 / Black Sail: 21.5 mi
- Belleau Lake Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Governor's Road: 7.9 mi
- Cellar Hole: 8.8 mi
- Lakes Region Airport: 10.5 mi
- Kimball Castle: 16.0 mi
- New Hampshire Boat Museum: 6.4 mi
- Wright Museum: 7.6 mi
- Clark Museum Complex: 7.7 mi
- Libby Museum: 9.6 mi
- Heritage Park Railroad Museum: 10.3 mi
- Mount Washington Boat Terminal: 8.1 mi
- Rock Tripe Boulder: 8.4 mi
- Willowbrook Museum Village: 10.9 mi
- Lucknow Mansion: 14.2 mi
- The Old Country Store: 18.3 mi
- Falls of Song: 13.9 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 13.9 mi
- Emerald Pool Falls: 14.0 mi
- Whittier Falls: 14.1 mi
- Twin Falls: 14.1 mi
- Carbonneau Cave: 15.6 mi
- Watson Ledge: 20.4 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 22.2 mi
- Nickerson Ledge: 23.3 mi
- Crocketts Ledge: 24.7 mi
- Huckins Spring: 22.2 mi
- Cold Bowling Spring: 22.7 mi
- Elliott Spring: 23.5 mi
- Davis Spring: 24.7 mi
- Sanford Community Garden: 16.8 mi
- Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 17.9 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Porcupine Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain | N 10° | 566 m | 9.2 mi |
| Hanson Top | N 7° | 550 m | 9.1 mi |
| Copple Crown Mountain | SSW 199° | 534 m | 7.5 mi |
| Moose Mountains | S 186° | 527 m | 7.9 mi |
| Welch Top | N 356° | 422 m | 8.2 mi |
| Davis Top | N 360° | 419 m | 8.9 mi |
| Caverly Mountain | SSW 205° | 410 m | 9.4 mi |
| Trask Hill | WNW 301° | 403 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:46 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:24 | 16:11 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 869309 — Porcupine Hill, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357726080
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