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Prospect Hill

Prospect Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Prospect Hill rises to 269 m in New Hampshire. Rose Mountain stands 523 m to the west-northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Havinga Woods, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 5.7 miles off.

The story

mountain in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States

Wikidata Q34899295, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
269 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.89592, -71.66841

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Carleton Pond Park: 0.2 mi
  • Upper Grove: 2.3 mi
  • Hartshorn Pond Park: 2.3 mi
  • Civil War Common: 3.0 mi
  • School St Park: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
Artworks
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 9.0 mi
  • City Lights: 11.4 mi
  • First Friendship: 11.4 mi
  • Neitherthere (Absence as a Reality): 11.4 mi
  • Commitment: 11.4 mi
Museums: 36
Beaches: 26
Gardens: 17
Waterfalls: 11
  • Upper Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Middle Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Senter Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 6.2 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 21.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rose MountainWNW 290°523 m7.3 mi
The PinnacleWNW 289°511 m6.7 mi
Winn MountainW 278°503 m7.3 mi
Lyndeborough MountainWNW 289°491 m7.0 mi
North Uncanoonuc MountainNNE 26°401 m7.3 mi
South Uncanoonuc MountainNE 34°395 m7.3 mi
Joe English HillN 5°388 m3.6 mi
Piscataquog MountainWNW 294°374 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:0919:4620:30
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766726961493929
Precip in3.03.03.84.13.44.03.73.74.04.93.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milford, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 869366 — Prospect Hill, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357726233

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