Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 256 m in New Hampshire. South Peak stands 693 m to the northeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Jackson Conservation Property, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 3.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain near Downtown Lebanon in Grafton County, New Hampshire, US.
Wikidata Q34899254, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 256 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 6.7 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 16.8 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 21.2 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Indian Ridge · 3 mi
- Norman Overlook · 4 mi
- Sunset Viewing Spot · 5 mi
- Balch Hill · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pat Walsh Park: 0.3 mi
- Basin Field: 0.4 mi
- Colburn Park: 0.7 mi
- Eldridge Park and Jim Wechsler Field: 0.7 mi
- Irene A. Decato Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Starr Hill: 1.3 mi
- Signal Hill: 1.5 mi
- Quarry Hill: 1.5 mi
- Storrs Hill: 1.5 mi
- Bass Hill: 1.6 mi
- Jackson Conservation Property: 0.2 mi
- Goodwin Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Baker's Crossing Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Ticknor Property: 1.2 mi
- Starr Hill Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
- Bouldering: 3.1 mi
- Holt's Ledge: 11.8 mi
- Winslow Ledge: 12.3 mi
- The Palisades: 19.4 mi
- Blueberry Ledges: 22.4 mi
- Cummings Dam: 0.8 mi
- Pest House: 1.2 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 2.4 mi
- Mascoma River Dam Number 2: 2.9 mi
- King's Highway: 3.0 mi
- Shakoma Beach: 4.1 mi
- Mink Brook Swimming Area: 5.1 mi
- Goose Pond Dam Beach: 8.1 mi
- Goose Pond Park Beach: 8.9 mi
- North Cove Beach: 9.6 mi
- Main Street Museum: 4.1 mi
- Shaker Museum: 4.8 mi
- Hood Museum of Art: 4.9 mi
- Hartford Historical Society: 5.3 mi
- Montshire Museum of Science: 5.3 mi
- The Wrecker: 1.6 mi
- Refuge: 4.9 mi
- Dartmouth Panels: 4.9 mi
- Fountain Figure: 5.0 mi
- Perdido: 5.0 mi
- Willard Twin Covered Bridge: 6.4 mi
- Union Village Covered Bridge: 10.3 mi
- Sayre Bridge: 13.3 mi
- Middle Covered Bridge: 14.1 mi
- South Pomfret Covered Bridge: 15.0 mi
- Tipping Rock: 1.7 mi
- Lyman Point: 3.9 mi
- Train: Boston & Maine Engine 494: 4.0 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 6.4 mi
- Lyme-East Thetford Bridge: 12.2 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 6.0 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 6.1 mi
- Sumner Falls: 8.8 mi
- The Chutes: 12.2 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 16.2 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Life Sciences Greenhouse: 5.3 mi
- South Royalton Community Garden: 18.5 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 20.1 mi
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Area 1: 11.5 mi
- Area 2: 12.0 mi
- Hippy Hill: 20.4 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 5.6 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center - Sharon: 11.1 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 13.7 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Peak | NE 40° | 693 m | 7.2 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SE 129° | 641 m | 7.2 mi |
| Snow Mountain | SSE 150° | 570 m | 5.6 mi |
| Methodist Hill | SE 145° | 552 m | 4.4 mi |
| Montcalm Hill | ESE 123° | 536 m | 6.6 mi |
| Shaker Mountain | ESE 112° | 515 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Tug | ENE 59° | 489 m | 3.2 mi |
| Morgan Hill | S 187° | 476 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:51 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:29 | 16:16 |
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 | 32 | 44 | 57 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lebanon Muni AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 869371 — Prospect Hill, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357726252
Day trips start here
- Lebanon · 1 mi
- White River Junction · 4 mi
- Hanover · 5 mi
- Norwich · 7 mi
- Quechee · 9 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 12 mi
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