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Sunset Hill

Sunset Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Sunset Hill rises to 482 m in New Hampshire. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the south-southeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Carter Forest, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 16 miles off.

The story

mountain in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States of America

Wikidata Q34932974, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
482 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.89826, -72.13619

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Marlborough Town Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Dublin Park: 1.4 mi
  • Farrar Field: 4.5 mi
  • Shattuck Park: 4.7 mi
  • Central Square: 5.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 5.5 mi
Museums: 31
Waterfalls: 16
  • Falls Brook Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Bonner Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Brennan Falls: 16.5 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Sunset Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 9.9 mi
Artworks: 12
  • Armillary: 3.8 mi
  • Aurora: 7.5 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 7.5 mi
  • Reaching: 7.5 mi
  • Pizza Wings: 7.5 mi
Attractions: 12
Cliffs: 8
  • Billings Fold: 2.9 mi
  • Black Precipice: 3.1 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 7.4 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 12.8 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 14.4 mi
Gardens: 5
  • John Pierce Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 3.9 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 19.4 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 21.1 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 23.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Falcon Spring: 3.8 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 21.1 mi
  • (seasonal): 21.3 mi
  • River Road Spring: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Covered bridges: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Sunset Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockSSE 151°965 m2.9 mi
Bald RockSSE 154°790 m3.4 mi
Monte RosaSSE 159°749 m3.1 mi
Osgood HillNNE 16°681 m7.1 mi
Skatutakee MountainNE 46°609 m7.0 mi
Thumb MountainNE 40°603 m6.7 mi
Fletcher HillN 10°595 m8.1 mi
Holt HillNNE 23°581 m8.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:01
June solstice05:1119:4820:32
September equinox06:3618:1018:48
December solstice07:1715:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455766716962493829
Precip in3.33.44.03.83.74.34.34.04.35.13.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Silver RCH Airpark, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 870285 — Sunset Hill, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357728067

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