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Severance Hill

Severance Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Severance Hill rises to 458 m in New Hampshire. Crane Mountain stands 727 m to the north, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Currier Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34905468, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
458 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.52356, -71.89948

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Independence Park: 2.1 mi
  • Grafton Recreation Field: 3.5 mi
  • Eagle Pond Boat Access: 4.4 mi
  • Gardner Memorial Wayside Park: 4.7 mi
  • West Peak: 4.9 mi
Cliffs: 46
Historic sites: 45
Artworks: 35
  • Newport's Golden Eagle: 17.6 mi
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 19.3 mi
  • The Wrecker: 20.2 mi
  • Turitella: 21.9 mi
  • #14 / White: 22.0 mi
Beaches: 34
  • Elkins Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Springfield Town Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Bucklin Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Avery-Crouse Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Georges Mills Beach: 10.6 mi
Museums: 23
  • Potter Place Depot: 6.4 mi
  • Canaan Historical Museum: 12.1 mi
  • Flanders-Osborne Museum: 13.2 mi
  • Sunapee Historical Society: 13.3 mi
  • Franklin Firefighter's Museum: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 13
Waterfalls: 9
Gardens: 6
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 18.8 mi
  • (seasonal): 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Severance Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crane MountainN 359°727 m6.8 mi
Melvin HillW 264°698 m5.1 mi
Tinkham HillNNE 23°692 m5.0 mi
Ragged MountainSE 143°689 m4.5 mi
The PinnacleSE 137°689 m5.2 mi
Church MountainN 3°671 m6.4 mi
Grafton KnobN 0°671 m6.5 mi
Pillsbury RidgeW 264°667 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2219:00
June solstice05:0719:4920:33
September equinox06:3518:0918:47
December solstice07:1815:2816:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029415362676658453525
Precip in2.92.63.13.23.24.23.93.33.24.53.13.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grafton, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357727348

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