Sunset Hill
Sunset Hill rises to 558 m in New Hampshire. Summit stands 828 m to the southwest, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Hay Reservation, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States of America
Wikidata Q34932998, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 558 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 15.8 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 14.2 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 21.4 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 2 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 23 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 26 mi
- Indian Ridge · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hay Reservation: 0.5 mi
- John Hay National Wildlife Refuge: 1.2 mi
- William Bean Quarry: 2.3 mi
- William R. Cordingley Preserve: 2.6 mi
- King Hill Reservation: 3.0 mi
- Bly Hill: 1.1 mi
- Baker Hill: 1.3 mi
- Kings Hill: 2.0 mi
- Fellows Hill: 2.3 mi
- Eagles Nest: 2.3 mi
- Bowls of Blodgett Landing: 1.5 mi
- Sunapee State Park: 1.7 mi
- Fishersfield Park: 2.7 mi
- Larsen Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
- Ben Mere Park: 3.7 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 12.6 mi
- naval gun: 15.8 mi
- civil war: 15.8 mi
- naval gun: 15.8 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 1.5 mi
- State Park Beach: 2.0 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 3.8 mi
- Dewey Beach: 4.2 mi
- Bucklin Beach: 5.9 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 0.9 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 3.8 mi
- Sunapee Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 7.3 mi
- Newport Historical Society Museum: 7.5 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 7.6 mi
- Gleason Falls: 14.7 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 17.6 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 17.7 mi
- Profile Falls: 20.9 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 4.8 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 23.3 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 23.3 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 9.0 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 24.8 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 9.5 mi
- Willard Twin Covered Bridge: 23.4 mi
- Salmond Covered Bridge: 23.9 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 24.8 mi
- Baker Ledge: 6.7 mi
- The Bulkhead: 12.8 mi
- The Ledges: 23.9 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 7.5 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 23.3 mi
- The Wrecker: 24.3 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 20.7 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 23.4 mi
- Tipping Rock: 24.1 mi
- (seasonal): 10.5 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 22.3 mi
- Hippy Hill: 14.5 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Sunset Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit | SW 225° | 828 m | 3.6 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | SW 217° | 824 m | 3.5 mi |
| South Peak | SSW 211° | 794 m | 3.2 mi |
| Lucias Lookout | SSW 206° | 756 m | 5.7 mi |
| Little Sunapee Mountain | SSW 203° | 734 m | 6.6 mi |
| Goves Mountain | SSW 213° | 721 m | 7.7 mi |
| North Peak | SW 231° | 692 m | 3.2 mi |
| Bald Sunapee | S 185° | 632 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357729479
Day trips start here
- New London · 5 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 11 mi
- Claremont · 16 mi
- Cornish · 19 mi
- Franklin · 20 mi
- Windsor · 20 mi
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