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Prospect Mountain

Prospect Mountain rises to 621 m in New Hampshire. Mount Cabot stands 1,258 m to the east-northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is John Wingate Weeks Historic Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Presidential Range Tour passes 0.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in New Hampshire, United States of America

Wikidata Q34899814, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
621 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.45144, -71.57107

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 55
  • Weeks State Park: 0.2 mi
  • Soldier Park: 2.4 mi
  • Colonel Town Recreation Park: 2.9 mi
  • Whitefield Park: 5.6 mi
  • The Common: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls: 39
  • Lower Ammonoosuc Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Middle Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Gordon Fall: 15.1 mi
  • Chandler Fall: 15.2 mi
Attractions: 31
  • The Himalaya: 4.0 mi
  • Merry Crismas Ferris wheel: 4.0 mi
  • Flying School: 4.1 mi
  • You Tubing: 4.1 mi
  • Bumper Car: 4.1 mi
Museums: 17
Picnic sites: 17
Cliffs: 16
Historic sites: 11
Springs: 5
  • Spaulding Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 17.5 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Littleton Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 17.3 mi
  • Boise Rock: 21.3 mi
  • The Basin, West: 23.3 mi
  • The Basin, East: 23.5 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Pollyanna Statue: 14.1 mi
  • Tree Harp: 14.2 mi
  • Sunflowers: 14.2 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 19.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Prospect Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CabotENE 64°1,258 m8.6 mi
Mount WaumbekE 100°1,221 m7.7 mi
The BulgeENE 61°1,197 m9.1 mi
Mount Starr KingE 100°1,186 m6.9 mi
Mount WeeksE 86°1,185 m9.4 mi
South Weeks MountainE 94°1,183 m9.0 mi
The HornENE 61°1,168 m9.6 mi
Middle Weeks MountainE 91°1,128 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:59
June solstice05:0219:5020:35
September equinox06:3418:0718:46
December solstice07:2015:2216:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141626405362676558463422
Precip in2.42.02.23.13.84.44.24.13.64.22.92.9

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357726274

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