Prospect Mountain
Prospect Mountain rises to 673 m in New Hampshire. Rump Mountain stands 1,114 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is French Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Moose Path Trail passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States of America (GNIS ID = 869378).
Wikidata Q34899841, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 673 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Moose Path Trail
- 0.7 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 20.6 mi off the Route des Sommets, National
- 23.2 mi off the Chemin des Cantons, National
Overlooks nearby
- Table Rock · 17 mi
- Middle Brother · 17 mi
- Dixville Notch Wildlife Viewing Area · 18 mi
- Tour aux Oiseaux · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Covell Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Cowen Hill: 3.0 mi
- Corkscrew Hill: 3.3 mi
- Carr Ridge: 3.4 mi
- Spooner Hill: 3.9 mi
- French Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
- Brown Wildlife Management Area - Lot 2: 2.2 mi
- Brown Wildlife Management Area - Lot 1: 3.2 mi
- Lake Francis Murphy Dam: 3.4 mi
- Gray Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi
- Philbrook Town Park: 2.5 mi
- Lake Francis State Park: 3.1 mi
- Pittsburg Town Park: 5.6 mi
- Scotts Bog Wildlife Management Area: 9.7 mi
- Georges D. Roberts Park: 11.2 mi
- Little Hellgate: 8.2 mi
- Garfield Falls: 10.5 mi
- Beaver Brook Falls: 15.1 mi
- Baby Flume: 17.0 mi
- Huntington Cascades: 17.3 mi
- Indian Stream Republic: 4.0 mi
- Republic of Indian Stream: 5.6 mi
- Canaan Veterans Memorial: 13.9 mi
- The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel: 16.3 mi
- Finnsons Cliff: 12.4 mi
- Sid Hayward Ledge: 15.2 mi
- Alice Ledge: 18.6 mi
- Linda Ledge: 18.7 mi
- Second Connecticut Lake Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Flume Brook Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Cascade Brook Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Back Lake Beach: 2.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 20.9 mi
- Pittsburg Historical Society Museum: 5.9 mi
- Hand-On-The-Rock: 18.7 mi
- Columbia Covered Bridge: 21.3 mi
- King Spring: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Prospect Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rump Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,114 m | 13.4 mi |
| Stub Hill | E 89° | 1,106 m | 9.9 mi |
| North Stub Hill | E 85° | 1,043 m | 9.7 mi |
| Magalloway Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,031 m | 7.3 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | SSE 158° | 988 m | 12.0 mi |
| Diamond Ridge | E 97° | 985 m | 8.1 mi |
| Salmon Mountain | NE 40° | 981 m | 12.5 mi |
| Bosebuck Mountain | E 87° | 960 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:19 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 19:51 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:06 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:18 | 16:07 |
Local time (America/Toronto).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 11 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 50 | 59 | 64 | 63 | 55 | 44 | 32 | 20 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — First Connecticut Lake, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 869378 — Prospect Mountain, Coos County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357726278
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