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Prospect Hill

Prospect Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Prospect Hill rises to 280 m in New Hampshire. Carr Mountain stands 1,058 m to the north-northeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Plummers Ledge Natural Area, a park 0.8 miles away. River Heritage Tour runs past it.

About

The story

mountain in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States of America; geonames ID = 5091491

Wikidata Q34899275, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
280 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.82356, -71.88545

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Plummers Ledge Natural Area: 0.8 mi
  • Jim Darling Natural Area: 1.3 mi
  • Riverside Park: 3.3 mi
  • Hamilton Field: 3.3 mi
  • Rumney Town Common: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Cliffs
  • Buffalo Pit: 2.2 mi
  • Small Wall: 2.3 mi
  • Slab Wall: 2.3 mi
  • Northwest Territory: 2.4 mi
  • Very Nice Crag: 2.4 mi
Historic sites: 35
  • Former Hall Place: 4.1 mi
  • Former Remick Place: 6.4 mi
  • The Frost House: 10.7 mi
  • Bobcat Boulder: 10.7 mi
  • Draper & Maynard Co.: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 35
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 10.8 mi
  • Vermontasaurus: 18.6 mi
  • Feral Seed: 21.4 mi
  • Robert Frost: 21.5 mi
  • Foucault Pendulum: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 34
  • Waternomee Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Sculptured Rocks: 8.2 mi
  • Livermore Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Welton Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Elizabeth Falls: 12.3 mi
Beaches: 25
  • Goose Pond Park Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Chase Town Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Canaan Street Lake Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Goose Pond Dam Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Fairlee Town Beach: 14.8 mi
Attractions: 19
Museums: 17
Picnic sites: 6
Gardens: 4
  • Peace Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Life Sciences Greenhouse: 21.4 mi
  • Canillas Community Garden: 21.9 mi
Springs: 4
  • Crystal Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 24.5 mi
Covered bridges: 3
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carr MountainNNE 26°1,058 m4.7 mi
Mount KineoNNE 31°1,011 m8.5 mi
Smarts MountainW 271°983 m7.3 mi
Mount Kineo, East PeakNE 44°909 m9.1 mi
Stinson MountainE 82°878 m5.4 mi
Mount CubeWNW 302°873 m8.1 mi
Black HillWNW 295°793 m6.2 mi
Whitcher HillNNE 24°780 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2219:00
June solstice05:0619:5020:34
September equinox06:3518:0918:47
December solstice07:1915:2616:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130425463696760473625
Precip in2.72.33.03.43.64.14.63.93.64.73.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wentworth, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357730633

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