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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

Cliffs: 60
  • 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
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
Peaks
Nature reserves: 48
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
Historic sites: 32
  • 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
Waterfalls: 32
  • 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 9.7 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carr MountainNNE1,058 m4.7 mi
Mount KineoNNE1,011 m8.5 mi
Smarts MountainW983 m7.3 mi
Mount Kineo, East PeakNE909 m9.1 mi
Stinson MountainE878 m5.4 mi
Mount CubeWNW873 m8.1 mi
Black HillWNW793 m6.2 mi
Whitcher HillNNE780 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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