Priest Hill
Priest Hill rises to 591 m in New Hampshire. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the south, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Profile Recreational Trail, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Hampshire, United States of America
Wikidata Q34899023, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 591 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 3.1 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 9.9 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 11.5 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Profiler Plaza · 4 mi
- Idlewilde View · 12 mi
- Willey Brook Bridge Overlook · 12 mi
- Elephant Head · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Profile Recreational Trail: 0.8 mi
- Cushman State Forest: 2.8 mi
- Johnson-Clark Nature Reserve: 3.1 mi
- Franconia Town Forest: 3.9 mi
- Marilyn's Woods: 4.0 mi
- Abbot Hill: 0.9 mi
- Scarface Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Bickford Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Big Bickford Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Cleveland Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Artists Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Profile Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Square Inch Wall: 3.9 mi
- Maggot Buttress: 3.9 mi
- Hermit Haven: 3.9 mi
- Bethlehem Town Park and Playground: 4.0 mi
- Gazebo Park: 4.1 mi
- Fox Hill Park: 4.3 mi
- Dow Park: 4.5 mi
- Franconia Notch State Park: 4.5 mi
- Bridesmaid Falls: 5.2 mi
- Thirteen Falls: 5.3 mi
- Bridalveil Falls: 5.8 mi
- Cloudland Falls: 6.2 mi
- Swiftwater Falls: 6.4 mi
- Boise Rock: 5.3 mi
- Cog Railway Display: 6.4 mi
- The Basin: 7.5 mi
- Chutters: 7.9 mi
- Liberty Gorge: 8.6 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 11.4 mi
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Franconia Heritage Museum: 4.3 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 4.3 mi
- Old Man of the Mountain Museum: 4.4 mi
- Stone Iron Furnace Museum: 5.0 mi
- Robert Frost Museum: 5.2 mi
- Governor Gallen Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Mine Shaft: 11.9 mi
- Willey House: 13.0 mi
- Chase cellar hole: 15.0 mi
- Boise Rock: 5.3 mi
- The Basin, West: 7.4 mi
- The Basin, East: 7.6 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 15.1 mi
- Liberty Spring: 7.7 mi
- Lac Littleton: 12.0 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 17.8 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 17.8 mi
- Peabody Spring: 18.5 mi
- Tree Harp: 8.0 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 8.0 mi
- Sunflowers: 8.1 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 18.3 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 20.9 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 4.0 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 16.0 mi
- Livermore: 17.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Priest Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lafayette | S 174° | 1,600 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | S 175° | 1,551.12 m | 5.5 mi |
| North Lincoln | S 174° | 1,524 m | 5.1 mi |
| North Lafayette | S 174° | 1,519 m | 4.3 mi |
| South Twin Mountain | ESE 120° | 1,491 m | 5.7 mi |
| North Twin Mountain | ESE 110° | 1,452 m | 5.1 mi |
| Little Haystack Mountain | S 176° | 1,440 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Bond | SE 130° | 1,432 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:50 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:23 | 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 | 16 | 17 | 27 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethlehem 2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357730629
Day trips start here
- Wentworth · 28 mi
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