South Peak
South Peak rises to 794 m in New Hampshire. Summit stands 828 m to the west, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunapee Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34909491, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 794 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 14.8 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 14.1 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 20.6 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 1 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 23 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 23 mi
- Indian Ridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunapee Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Eagles Nest: 0.9 mi
- Summit: 0.9 mi
- North Peak: 1.1 mi
- Bear Hill: 1.7 mi
- Sunapee State Park: 1.5 mi
- Pillsbury-Sunapee Corridor: 2.0 mi
- Larsen Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Fishersfield Park: 2.2 mi
- Bowls of Blodgett Landing: 4.1 mi
- John Hay National Wildlife Refuge: 2.7 mi
- Between the Mountains Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Hay Reservation: 2.9 mi
- R.H. Webb Forest Preserve (Dane Lot): 3.2 mi
- Jessie Barton Memorial Forest: 3.2 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 2.8 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 5.2 mi
- Sunapee Historical Society: 5.5 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 5.9 mi
- Newport Historical Society Museum: 6.9 mi
- State Park Beach: 2.2 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 4.0 mi
- Dewey Beach: 5.9 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 6.3 mi
- Georges Mills Beach: 8.2 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 9.6 mi
- naval gun: 14.7 mi
- civil war: 14.7 mi
- American Precision Museum: 20.2 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 6.2 mi
- Gleason Falls: 12.7 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 19.8 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 19.9 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 21.3 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 12.5 mi
- Salmond Covered Bridge: 23.1 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 23.5 mi
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 23.9 mi
- Upper Falls Covered Bridge: 24.2 mi
- Baker Ledge: 9.0 mi
- The Bulkhead: 15.8 mi
- Table Rock: 22.7 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 24.5 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 7.9 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 21.4 mi
- Hippy Hill: 17.6 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 21.4 mi
- Wright Grove: 24.8 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 6.8 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 21.5 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 11.0 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 23.8 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 24.4 mi
- (seasonal): 7.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of South Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit | W 281° | 828 m | 0.9 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | WSW 256° | 824 m | 0.5 mi |
| Lucias Lookout | SSW 200° | 756 m | 2.6 mi |
| Little Sunapee Mountain | SSW 196° | 734 m | 3.5 mi |
| Goves Mountain | SW 215° | 721 m | 4.5 mi |
| Bean Mountain | SW 215° | 708 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | SSW 212° | 698 m | 5.2 mi |
| North Peak | NW 306° | 692 m | 1.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:29 | 16:16 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Sunapee, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 871335 — South Peak, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357729462
Day trips start here
- New London · 8 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 13 mi
- Claremont · 15 mi
- Cornish · 19 mi
- Windsor · 20 mi
- Franklin · 22 mi
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