Southwest Twin
Southwest Twin rises to 1,328 m in New Hampshire. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the west, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Galehead Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 5.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q34909545, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,328 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 6.8 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 7.6 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 11.6 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Profiler Plaza · 6 mi
- Willey Brook Bridge Overlook · 8 mi
- Idlewilde View · 8 mi
- Elephant Head · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Galehead Mountain: 1.1 mi
- South Twin Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mount Guyot: 1.4 mi
- West Bond: 1.5 mi
- Garfield Ridge East Peak: 1.8 mi
- Zeacliff: 3.4 mi
- Shining Rock Cliff: 5.1 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 5.4 mi
- Moby Grape: 6.2 mi
- Profile Cliff: 6.3 mi
- Lafayette Brook Scenic Area: 4.7 mi
- Profile Recreational Trail: 6.5 mi
- Ammonoosuc River Forest: 7.1 mi
- Cushman State Forest: 7.9 mi
- Franconia Town Forest: 8.7 mi
- Thirteen Falls: 1.8 mi
- Zealand Falls: 3.7 mi
- Thoreau Falls: 4.4 mi
- Franconia Falls: 4.7 mi
- Cloudland Falls: 5.6 mi
- Franconia Notch State Park: 6.7 mi
- Twin Mountain Fish Hatchery: 9.3 mi
- Fox Hill Park: 9.5 mi
- Kanc Recreation Area: 9.7 mi
- Bethlehem Town Park and Playground: 9.8 mi
- Boise Rock: 5.9 mi
- Cog Railway Display: 7.0 mi
- The Basin: 7.0 mi
- Flume Gorge: 7.3 mi
- Liberty Gorge: 7.4 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 8.2 mi
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Old Man of the Mountain Museum: 6.0 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 6.3 mi
- Franconia Heritage Museum: 9.7 mi
- Robert Frost Museum: 10.1 mi
- Stone Iron Furnace Museum: 10.4 mi
- Governor Gallen Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Willey House: 8.1 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Mine Shaft: 16.2 mi
- Jarhead Motorcycle Memorial: 16.2 mi
- Liberty Spring: 5.7 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 15.6 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 15.6 mi
- Peabody Spring: 16.3 mi
- Lac Littleton: 18.0 mi
- Boise Rock: 5.9 mi
- The Basin, West: 6.9 mi
- The Basin, East: 7.0 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 21.2 mi
- Tree Harp: 14.0 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 14.1 mi
- Sunflowers: 14.1 mi
- Hannes Schneider: 23.7 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 15.9 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 6.6 mi
- Livermore: 11.3 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Southwest Twin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lafayette | W 259° | 1,600 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | WSW 249° | 1,551 m | 4.4 mi |
| North Lincoln | WSW 254° | 1,524 m | 4.3 mi |
| North Lafayette | W 265° | 1,519 m | 4.2 mi |
| South Twin Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,491 m | 1.1 mi |
| North Twin Mountain | N 4° | 1,452 m | 2.1 mi |
| Little Haystack Mountain | WSW 243° | 1,440 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Bond | SE 132° | 1,432 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:20 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:50 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:07 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:23 | 16:11 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 27 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethlehem 2, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/6715446029
Day trips start here
- Wentworth · 27 mi
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