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Silver Hill

Silver Hill, a peak in New Hampshire
Silver Hill, a peak in New HampshireNOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Silver Hill, a peak in New Hampshire
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain

Silver Hill rises to 497 m in New Hampshire. Sunapee Mountain stands 824 m to the northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Aiken Pasture (Bradford Town Forest), a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States of America.

Wikidata Q34906156, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
497 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.21778, -71.96700

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • French's Park: 2.9 mi
  • Whitman Park: 3.7 mi
  • Warren Brook Park: 3.7 mi
  • Larsen Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
  • Pillsbury-Sunapee Corridor: 6.8 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 26
  • Washington Historical Society: 7.0 mi
  • Upton Chandler House Museum: 8.7 mi
  • New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 8.8 mi
  • John Hay Estate at The Fells: 9.9 mi
  • Flanders-Osborne Museum: 12.9 mi
Beaches: 24
Historic sites: 20
Artworks: 15
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Gleason Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Pollard Mills Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Brennan Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Senter Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 23.0 mi
Gardens: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Everett Dam: 17.7 mi
  • Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 21.9 mi
  • Frog Rock: 23.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • (seasonal): 4.9 mi
  • River Road Spring: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Silver Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunapee MountainNW824 m8.1 mi
South PeakNW794 m7.9 mi
Lucias LookoutNW756 m6.7 mi
Lovewell MountainWSW751 m4.8 mi
Little Sunapee MountainWNW734 m6.2 mi
Goves MountainWNW721 m7.6 mi
Bryant MountainWNW698 m7.5 mi
Ayers Pond PeakWNW641 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:0919:4920:32
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1715:2916:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212331435563686659473727
Precip in3.43.13.84.23.84.54.44.04.15.54.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bradford 2, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357727482

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