Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 256 m in New Hampshire. Mount Shaw stands 911 m to the north, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Meadow Preserve, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Hampshire, United States of America
Wikidata Q34899185, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 256 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
- 15.3 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 20.1 mi off the River Heritage Tour
- 20.6 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sugar Hill Overlook · 23 mi
- Lily Pond Vista · 24 mi
- Beaver Brook Overlook · 25 mi
- CL Graham Wangan Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Great Meadow Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Sargent-Phelps Forest: 1.2 mi
- Copps Pond Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
- Twenty Mile Brook Lot: 1.9 mi
- Garnet Point Conservation Area: 2.5 mi
- Wawbeek Hill: 1.0 mi
- Little Ball Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.4 mi
- Brier Hill: 2.4 mi
- Big Ball Mountain: 2.6 mi
- 19 Mile Beach: 3.0 mi
- Castle in the Clouds: 3.3 mi
- The Point at Long Island: 3.6 mi
- State's Landing: 5.0 mi
- Libby Park: 5.4 mi
- Multonborough Town Beach: 3.6 mi
- Winmir Beach: 4.9 mi
- North Beach: 5.0 mi
- States Landing: 5.0 mi
- Allen Albee Beach: 7.9 mi
- Lakes Region Airport: 7.1 mi
- Kimball Castle: 8.7 mi
- Mill Falls Marketplace and The Inn at Mill Falls: 10.9 mi
- Mill Falls Waterfall: 10.9 mi
- Glenn P. Hart Memorial Walkway: 11.0 mi
- Watson Ledge: 9.1 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 10.8 mi
- Carbonneau Cave: 13.3 mi
- White Mountain Ledge: 14.7 mi
- Crocketts Ledge: 14.8 mi
- Frog Rock: 3.5 mi
- #20 / Nova: 10.7 mi
- #23 / Red Wing: 10.7 mi
- #27 / Black Sail: 10.8 mi
- #26 / Stone Sail: 10.8 mi
- Libby Museum: 5.4 mi
- Loon Center: 6.1 mi
- New Hampshire Boat Museum: 7.6 mi
- Wright Museum: 8.1 mi
- Clark Museum Complex: 8.6 mi
- Falls of Song: 2.9 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 3.0 mi
- Emerald Pool Falls: 3.1 mi
- The Cascades: 3.1 mi
- Whittier Falls: 3.2 mi
- Lucknow Mansion: 3.2 mi
- The Old Country Store: 7.1 mi
- Mount Washington Boat Terminal: 8.2 mi
- Daytona Fun Park: 10.1 mi
- Bumper Boats: 10.2 mi
- Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 20.7 mi
- Peace Garden: 20.7 mi
- Botanical Garden: 24.9 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 25.0 mi
- Elliott Spring: 14.1 mi
- Huckins Spring: 18.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 20.0 mi
- lower falls: 22.5 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 23.7 mi
- Campton Day Use Area: 21.1 mi
- Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shaw | N 10° | 911 m | 3.8 mi |
| Black Snout | NNE 13° | 854 m | 3.3 mi |
| Faraway Mountain | NNW 346° | 848 m | 5.1 mi |
| Black Snout Mountain | NNW 342° | 812 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Roberts | NNW 337° | 782 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 8° | 742 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Flagg | NNE 25° | 728 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Whittier | N 10° | 676 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:47 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:25 | 16:12 |
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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357726257
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