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Prospect Mountain

Prospect Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Prospect Mountain rises to 442 m in New Hampshire. Green Mountain stands 566 m to the south-southwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Guy I. Burch Forest, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 9.7 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in the United States of America.

Wikidata Q34899801, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
442 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.81939, -71.00234

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
  • Purity Lake Cartop Boat Access: 5.7 mi
  • Constitution Park: 5.8 mi
  • Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds: 7.3 mi
  • Window on the Ossipees: 8.9 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches: 38
  • Burnt Meadow Pond Town Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Nichols Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Province Lake Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Thusis Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Eidelweiss Beach: 10.3 mi
Historic sites: 22
Cliffs: 21
  • Jockey Cap South Face: 14.1 mi
  • Jockey Cap West Face: 14.1 mi
  • Nickerson Ledge: 15.0 mi
  • Eagle Ledge: 15.8 mi
  • Woodchuck Ledge: 16.3 mi
Museums: 20
Attractions: 18
  • Rock Tripe Boulder: 7.4 mi
  • Madison Boulder: 11.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Willowbrook Museum Village: 13.6 mi
  • Giant Swing: 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Hiram Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Emerald Pool Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Whittier Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Twin Falls: 17.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • Davis Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 17.2 mi
  • lower falls: 18.1 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 20.2 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Hannes Schneider: 17.2 mi
  • Frog Rock: 18.8 mi
  • Loon Mural: 21.9 mi
  • Bridgton and Saco River R.R.: 22.0 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 19.6 mi
  • Mary's Garden: 21.7 mi
  • Bridgton Community Gardens: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 18.4 mi
  • Sabatis Island Rest Area: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Prospect Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green MountainSSW566 m4.0 mi
Hanson TopSSW550 m4.2 mi
Cragged MountainN535 m3.3 mi
Foss MountainNNW502 m4.3 mi
Stewart HillN494 m5.0 mi
Stone MountainNE494 m7.8 mi
Kent HillNNW491 m5.0 mi
Bill Merrill MountainENE491 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0319:4620:30
September equinox06:3218:0518:43
December solstice07:1615:2316:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192131435564696759473625
Precip in3.42.93.64.53.74.13.93.64.04.74.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fryeburg Estrn Slopes Rgnl AP, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 869380 — Prospect Mountain, Carroll County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357726287

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