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Sunset Hill

Sunset Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates43.35102, -72.02330

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites: 27
Beaches: 24
Museums: 19
  • 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
Waterfalls: 10
Gardens: 4
Rest areas: 4
Covered bridges: 4
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Newport's Golden Eagle: 7.5 mi
  • Smith's clothespin: 23.3 mi
  • The Wrecker: 24.3 mi
Attractions: 3
Springs: 2
  • (seasonal): 10.5 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SummitSW 225°828 m3.6 mi
Sunapee MountainSW 217°824 m3.5 mi
South PeakSSW 211°794 m3.2 mi
Lucias LookoutSSW 206°756 m5.7 mi
Little Sunapee MountainSSW 203°734 m6.6 mi
Goves MountainSSW 213°721 m7.7 mi
North PeakSW 231°692 m3.2 mi
Bald SunapeeS 185°632 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:0819:4920:33
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1815:2916:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212331435564696760483727
Precip in3.33.13.74.23.94.44.43.74.25.53.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Sunapee, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357729479

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