Taunton Hill
Taunton Hill rises to 346 m in New Hampshire. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the southwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain Brook Forest Preserve, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Currier & Ives Trail passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34811663, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 346 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 10.3 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
- 15.8 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 17 mi
- Indian Ridge · 29 mi
- Balch Hill · 30 mi
- Norman Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mountain Brook Forest Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Old College Road Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Roby Preserve: 1.6 mi
- McLeod Preserve: 1.7 mi
- William H. Thomas State Forest: 2.4 mi
- Chaffee Park: 1.5 mi
- Carr Field: 3.1 mi
- Ledges: 3.9 mi
- West Peak: 4.0 mi
- Page Hill Trails - Main Parking: 4.9 mi
- Boston Hill: 2.1 mi
- Tucker Mountain: 2.3 mi
- March Hill: 2.5 mi
- The Pinnacle: 2.7 mi
- Cilley Hill: 2.8 mi
- The Bulkhead: 2.3 mi
- Baker Ledge: 8.9 mi
- The Ledges: 13.1 mi
- Crocketts Ledge: 14.7 mi
- White Mountain Ledge: 14.9 mi
- Old Hill VIllage: 6.0 mi
- William A. Fenlason Square: 6.5 mi
- Odell Park Arch: 6.7 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 9.3 mi
- Tilton Arch: 9.6 mi
- Lagace Beach: 4.9 mi
- Griffin Beach: 5.1 mi
- Elkins Beach: 8.8 mi
- Hermit Lake Town Beach: 10.7 mi
- Avery-Crouse Beach: 10.9 mi
- Turitella: 19.2 mi
- Dragon Fly: 19.2 mi
- #14 / White: 19.2 mi
- #28 / South of the Border in Koyoto: 19.2 mi
- #10 / Dog: 19.2 mi
- Potter Place Depot: 4.4 mi
- Franklin Firefighter's Museum: 6.4 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 12.7 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 12.8 mi
- Canterbury Historical Society: 13.7 mi
- Profile Falls: 7.6 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 14.0 mi
- Welton Falls: 14.1 mi
- Sculptured Rocks: 17.3 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 20.1 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 14.8 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 16.1 mi
- Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 18.2 mi
- Funspot: 18.3 mi
- Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 18.3 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 9.8 mi
- Huckins Spring: 18.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 20.0 mi
- (seasonal): 23.0 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 11.0 mi
- Botanical Garden: 16.1 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 16.2 mi
- Peace Garden: 21.1 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 9.1 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 10.5 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 16.3 mi
- Hippy Hill: 6.1 mi
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 5.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Taunton Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kearsarge | SW 216° | 891 m | 6.8 mi |
| Black Mountain | SW 215° | 774 m | 7.7 mi |
| Little Mountain | SSW 209° | 710 m | 6.9 mi |
| The Pinnacle | W 277° | 689 m | 2.7 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | W 280° | 689 m | 3.5 mi |
| Forbes Mountain | NNW 341° | 658 m | 8.6 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNW 342° | 637 m | 8.9 mi |
| Dickinson Hill | N 352° | 579 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:48 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:28 | 16:14 |
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 | 19 | 22 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin Falls DAM, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 870335 — Taunton Hill, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357728125
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