South Mountain
South Mountain rises to 543 m in New Hampshire. Stub Hill stands 1,106 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Murphy Dam/Lake Francis, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Moose Path Trail passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States
Wikidata Q34909442, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 543 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Moose Path Trail
- 3.0 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 25.7 mi off the Chemin des Cantons, National
- 26.0 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Table Rock · 11 mi
- Middle Brother · 11 mi
- Dixville Notch Wildlife Viewing Area · 12 mi
- Tour aux Oiseaux · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Roundtop Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Tromley Hill: 1.8 mi
- Bear Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Carr Ridge: 2.6 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Murphy Dam/Lake Francis: 0.6 mi
- Lake Francis Murphy Dam: 2.2 mi
- Lake Francis Murphy Dam: 2.9 mi
- Lake Francis Murphy Dam: 3.5 mi
- Lake Francis Murphy Dam: 3.5 mi
- Lake Francis State Park: 2.5 mi
- Philbrook Town Park: 4.3 mi
- Pittsburg Town Park: 4.6 mi
- Beaver Brook Falls State Wayside: 10.7 mi
- Dixville Notch State Park: 11.3 mi
- Little Hellgate: 6.2 mi
- Garfield Falls: 9.1 mi
- Beaver Brook Falls: 10.8 mi
- Baby Flume: 11.4 mi
- Huntington Cascades: 11.7 mi
- Indian Stream Republic: 3.2 mi
- Republic of Indian Stream: 4.6 mi
- The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel: 10.6 mi
- Canaan Veterans Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Finnsons Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Sid Hayward Ledge: 11.9 mi
- Alice Ledge: 14.5 mi
- Linda Ledge: 14.7 mi
- Second Connecticut Lake Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Flume Brook Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Cascade Brook Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Back Lake Beach: 4.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 19.2 mi
- Pittsburg Historical Society Museum: 5.1 mi
- Hand-On-The-Rock: 14.4 mi
- Columbia Covered Bridge: 17.1 mi
- King Spring: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of South Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stub Hill | ENE 60° | 1,106 m | 11.4 mi |
| North Stub Hill | NE 56° | 1,043 m | 11.7 mi |
| Magalloway Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,031 m | 7.3 mi |
| Rice Mountain | SSE 166° | 1,030 m | 12.2 mi |
| Crystal Mountain | SE 141° | 988 m | 7.1 mi |
| Diamond Ridge | ENE 60° | 985 m | 9.3 mi |
| Cave Mountain | S 170° | 973 m | 9.9 mi |
| Blue Ridge | SSE 151° | 945 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:19 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 19:51 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:06 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:18 | 16:07 |
Local time (America/Toronto).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 11 | 13 | 22 | 36 | 50 | 59 | 64 | 63 | 55 | 44 | 32 | 20 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — First Connecticut Lake, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 870049 — South Mountain, Coos County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357727642
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