Stony Top
Stony Top rises to 531 m in New Hampshire. Pack Monadnock Mountain stands 692 m to the north-northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Pratt Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34930984, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 531 m
How to reach it
- 20.0 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 21.8 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 22.0 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 25.9 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 24 mi
- Beal's Knob Vista · 26 mi
- Overlook · 27 mi
- Waterfall · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pratt Mountain: 0.4 mi
- New Ipswich Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Binney Hill: 1.0 mi
- Barrett Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Emerson Hill: 1.8 mi
- Wapack Wilderness: 0.8 mi
- New Ipswich Town Forest: 0.9 mi
- Binney Pond Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Nottingham Property: 1.3 mi
- Ford Family Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Wellington Park: 3.4 mi
- Wellington Park: 3.5 mi
- Memorial Park: 3.7 mi
- Ridge Common: 4.7 mi
- Rindge Veteran's Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
- New England Glassworks: 4.3 mi
- Old Winchendon Pump House Site: 6.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Civil War Monument: 7.7 mi
- World War 2 Honor Roll: 7.7 mi
- Schoolboy of 1850: 7.1 mi
- Clyde II: 7.9 mi
- Cultural Cocoon: 9.7 mi
- Phoenix: 12.5 mi
- CAVA: 12.5 mi
- Rindge Historcal Museum: 4.6 mi
- Ashby Historical Society: 6.6 mi
- Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 7.2 mi
- Winchendon Historical Society: 7.8 mi
- Mariposa Museum: 9.7 mi
- Ripple Beach Cove: 4.7 mi
- Holiday Cove: 5.3 mi
- Jowder's Cove Beach: 6.0 mi
- Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 6.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 8.6 mi
- Nutting Ledges: 2.6 mi
- Barrett House: 3.2 mi
- Barrett House: 3.5 mi
- Bicentennial Giant Chair: 11.7 mi
- Painted Rock: 12.1 mi
- Trap Falls: 8.6 mi
- Bonner Falls: 11.5 mi
- Emerson Falls: 13.4 mi
- Purgatory Lower Falls: 13.9 mi
- Cascades: 14.0 mi
- St. Paul's Community Garden: 11.8 mi
- Sundial Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- Prichard Street Community Garden: 12.2 mi
- Noahs Ark: 12.3 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 13.6 mi
- Black Precipice: 12.7 mi
- Billings Fold: 12.8 mi
- Jacob Hill: 14.7 mi
- Troy Cliffs: 17.0 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 17.1 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 6.7 mi
- Falcon Spring: 11.9 mi
- River Road Spring: 21.0 mi
- Trap Falls: 8.6 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 19.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Stony Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pack Monadnock Mountain | NNE 14° | 692 m | 8.7 mi |
| Holt Peak | NNE 16° | 623 m | 6.3 mi |
| Burton Peak | NNE 15° | 605 m | 5.4 mi |
| Temple Mountain | NNE 13° | 596 m | 7.2 mi |
| New Ipswich Mountain | NNE 19° | 563 m | 0.4 mi |
| Barrett Mountain | N 7° | 561 m | 1.6 mi |
| Mount Watatic | SSE 155° | 555 m | 3.2 mi |
| Pratt Mountain | S 179° | 551 m | 0.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:31 | 16:17 |
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 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashburnham N, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1915775 — Stony Top, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357737996
Day trips start here
- Rindge · 5 mi
- Fitchburg · 12 mi
- Gardner · 12 mi
- Ashburnham · 13 mi
- Westminster · 13 mi
- Brookline · 15 mi
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