Stearns Hill
Stearns Hill rises to 479 m in New Hampshire. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the southeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Bog Mountain Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34910881, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 479 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 12.9 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 20.6 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 20.7 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 12 mi
- Indian Ridge · 22 mi
- Norman Overlook · 22 mi
- Balch Hill · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gardner Memorial Wayside Park: 1.4 mi
- Eagle Pond Boat Access: 3.5 mi
- Scytheville Park: 4.3 mi
- West Peak: 4.7 mi
- Ledges: 4.8 mi
- Bog Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 1.1 mi
- Woods Without Gile: 2.2 mi
- Langenau Forest: 2.2 mi
- Webb Forest: 2.7 mi
- Rosemary's Woods: 2.8 mi
- Bog Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Old English Hill: 1.3 mi
- Farnum Hill: 1.5 mi
- Bannock Hill: 1.6 mi
- Philbrick Hill: 1.9 mi
- The Bulkhead: 6.3 mi
- Baker Ledge: 8.5 mi
- The Ledges: 14.2 mi
- Bouldering: 20.3 mi
- Crocketts Ledge: 21.3 mi
- Canaan Veterans' Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Old Hill VIllage: 13.1 mi
- William A. Fenlason Square: 15.1 mi
- Odell Park Arch: 15.3 mi
- Bucklin Beach: 4.2 mi
- Elkins Beach: 4.3 mi
- Springfield Town Beach: 5.1 mi
- Georges Mills Beach: 7.0 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 8.4 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 5.5 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 9.4 mi
- Sunapee Historical Society: 9.5 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 10.1 mi
- Canaan Historical Museum: 13.6 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 13.9 mi
- The Wrecker: 19.9 mi
- Refuge: 22.9 mi
- Dartmouth Panels: 22.9 mi
- Perdido: 22.9 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 11.7 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 12.2 mi
- Profile Falls: 12.2 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 12.3 mi
- Welton Falls: 12.9 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 5.0 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 19.0 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 22.3 mi
- Life Sciences Greenhouse: 23.1 mi
- Peace Garden: 23.3 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 11.3 mi
- Tipping Rock: 20.0 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 21.6 mi
- Lyman Point: 21.9 mi
- Train: Boston & Maine Engine 494: 21.9 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 7.8 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 17.5 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 22.3 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 13.2 mi
- (seasonal): 20.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 22.6 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 5.2 mi
- Willard Twin Covered Bridge: 21.7 mi
- Hippy Hill: 5.2 mi
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Stearns Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kearsarge | SE 146° | 891 m | 8.1 mi |
| Melvin Hill | NW 311° | 698 m | 3.7 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | E 96° | 689 m | 5.1 mi |
| The Pinnacle | E 98° | 689 m | 5.9 mi |
| Pillsbury Ridge | NW 315° | 667 m | 3.5 mi |
| Aaron Ledge | NW 318° | 608 m | 5.3 mi |
| Royal Arch Hill | WSW 252° | 593 m | 4.2 mi |
| Kings Hill | SSW 197° | 583 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:28 | 16:15 |
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 | 18 | 20 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 45 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grafton, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357727822
Day trips start here
- New London · 5 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 10 mi
- Orange · 12 mi
- Franklin · 15 mi
- Tilton · 18 mi
- Lebanon · 19 mi
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