Ragged Mountain
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Ragged Mountain rises to 689 m in New Hampshire. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the south, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is The Pinnacle, a peak 0.8 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 7.7 miles off.
The story
Ragged Mountain (2,286 feet (697 m) above sea level) is a low mountain with numerous knobby summits in the towns of Danbury and Andover in central New Hampshire. It is home to the Ragged Mountain ski resort.
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Wikidata Q2127220, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 689 m
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 8.8 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 16.1 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
- 25.6 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 14 mi
- Indian Ridge · 26 mi
- Balch Hill · 27 mi
- Norman Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Pinnacle: 0.8 mi
- Bean Hill: 1.8 mi
- Searles Hill: 2.8 mi
- March Hill: 2.9 mi
- Spear Hill: 3.0 mi
- Ledges: 0.9 mi
- West Peak: 1.0 mi
- Eagle Pond Boat Access: 2.1 mi
- Carr Field: 2.7 mi
- Independence Park: 4.4 mi
- Mountain Brook Forest Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Ragged Mountain State Forest: 2.6 mi
- William H. Thomas State Forest: 3.5 mi
- Bog Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
- Pound Woodland Preserve: 4.0 mi
- The Bulkhead: 1.2 mi
- Baker Ledge: 7.8 mi
- The Ledges: 12.8 mi
- Crocketts Ledge: 17.1 mi
- White Mountain Ledge: 17.2 mi
- Old Hill VIllage: 8.4 mi
- William A. Fenlason Square: 10.0 mi
- Odell Park Arch: 10.2 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 12.3 mi
- Tilton Arch: 13.1 mi
- Elkins Beach: 6.1 mi
- Bucklin Beach: 8.3 mi
- Lagace Beach: 8.4 mi
- Griffin Beach: 8.5 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 9.4 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 18.0 mi
- Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 21.2 mi
- Turitella: 21.4 mi
- Dragon Fly: 21.4 mi
- #14 / White: 21.4 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 2.5 mi
- Franklin Firefighter's Museum: 9.9 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 12.9 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 13.3 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 13.3 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 12.7 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 19.5 mi
- Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 20.8 mi
- Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 20.9 mi
- Funspot: 20.9 mi
- Profile Falls: 8.7 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 12.3 mi
- Welton Falls: 12.8 mi
- Sculptured Rocks: 16.2 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 16.7 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 8.1 mi
- Botanical Garden: 19.5 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 19.6 mi
- Peace Garden: 21.5 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 23.5 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 10.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 20.5 mi
- (seasonal): 21.6 mi
- Huckins Spring: 22.0 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 12.4 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 12.9 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- Hippy Hill: 3.8 mi
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 3.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Ragged Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kearsarge | S 185° | 891 m | 6.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | S 188° | 774 m | 7.0 mi |
| Little Mountain | S 180° | 710 m | 6.7 mi |
| The Pinnacle | ESE 109° | 689 m | 0.8 mi |
| Pillsbury Ridge | WNW 292° | 667 m | 8.2 mi |
| Forbes Mountain | N 5° | 658 m | 7.5 mi |
| Pine Hill | N 5° | 637 m | 7.9 mi |
| The Pinnacle | N 357° | 604 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:28 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 20 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 45 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grafton, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357726378
Day trips start here
- New London · 8 mi
- Franklin · 10 mi
- Tilton · 13 mi
- Orange · 14 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 15 mi
- Ashland · 19 mi
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