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Stony Top

Stony Top, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates42.73936, -71.91925

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 7.1 mi
  • Clyde II: 7.9 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 9.7 mi
  • Phoenix: 12.5 mi
  • CAVA: 12.5 mi
Museums: 36
  • 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
Beaches: 25
  • 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
Attractions: 24
Waterfalls: 18
  • 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
Gardens: 16
  • 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
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 3
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 11.9 mi
  • River Road Spring: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pack Monadnock MountainNNE 14°692 m8.7 mi
Holt PeakNNE 16°623 m6.3 mi
Burton PeakNNE 15°605 m5.4 mi
Temple MountainNNE 13°596 m7.2 mi
New Ipswich MountainNNE 19°563 m0.4 mi
Barrett MountainN 7°561 m1.6 mi
Mount WataticSSE 155°555 m3.2 mi
Pratt MountainS 179°551 m0.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1019:4720:30
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1615:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212331435564696760483827
Precip in3.23.34.24.04.14.23.94.44.35.13.84.3

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

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