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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.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34899801, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
442 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.81939, -71.00234

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
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
Beaches: 41
  • 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
Museums: 22
Cliffs: 22
  • 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
Attractions: 19
  • 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: 18
  • Hiram Falls: 10.5 mi
  • The Cascades: 17.0 mi
  • Emerald Pool Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Whittier Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Bridal Veil 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

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 MountainSSW 206°566 m4.0 mi
Hanson TopSSW 211°550 m4.2 mi
Cragged MountainN 353°535 m3.3 mi
Foss MountainNNW 338°502 m4.3 mi
Stewart HillN 355°494 m5.0 mi
Stone MountainNE 37°494 m7.8 mi
Kent HillNNW 348°491 m5.0 mi
Bill Merrill MountainENE 71°491 m7.7 mi

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.

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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