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The Cannon Balls

The Cannon Balls, seen from above at true elevation

The Cannon Balls rises to 1,115 m in New Hampshire. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the east-northeast, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is The Cannon Balls East, a peak 0.4 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 1.7 miles off.

The story

The Cannon Balls is a mountain ridge located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. It is part of the Kinsman Range of the White Mountains. The ridge has three peaks with elevations of, from west to east, 3,693, 3,660, and 3,769 feet (1,125, 1,115 and 1,148 meters). The ridge takes its name from adjacent Cannon Mountain, on which a series of boulders, when viewed from the foot of the mountain, resemble an antique artillery cannon. The Cannon Balls are flanked to the northeast by Cannon Mountain, and to the southwest by Kinsman Mountain. The south side of the ridge drains into Cascade Brook, thence into the Pemigewasset River, the Merrimack River, and into the Gulf of Maine in Massachusetts. The north side drains into Coppermine Brook, thence into the Ham Branch of the Gale River, the Gale River, Ammonoosuc River, Connecticut River, and into Long Island Sound in Connecticut. The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, runs across the southern base of the Cannon Balls between North Kinsman and Franconia Notch.

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Wikidata Q7721203, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1115 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.14729, -71.71647

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs
  • Cannon Cliff: 1.6 mi
  • Cannon Cliff: 1.7 mi
  • Moby Grape: 1.8 mi
  • Hone Wall: 2.5 mi
  • Hermit Haven: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
Parks: 51
  • Franconia Notch State Park: 1.9 mi
  • The Frost Place: 5.0 mi
  • Fox Hill Park: 5.3 mi
  • Dow Park: 5.6 mi
  • Coffin Pond Conservation Area: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 46
Attractions: 38
  • Boise Rock: 1.9 mi
  • The Basin: 2.5 mi
  • Liberty Gorge: 3.6 mi
  • Flume Gorge & Visitor Center: 3.9 mi
  • Table Rock Flume Brook: 3.9 mi
Museums: 19
Historic sites: 12
  • Governor Gallen Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 9.8 mi
  • Chase cellar hole: 12.0 mi
  • Bath New Hampshire: 12.4 mi
  • Rogers Rangers: 15.7 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Rest areas: 6
Springs: 6
  • Liberty Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 13.6 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 23.7 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Tree Harp: 11.3 mi
  • Sunflowers: 11.4 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 11.4 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of The Cannon Balls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LafayetteENE 75°1,600 m3.7 mi
Mount LincolnE 88°1,551.12 m3.6 mi
North LincolnE 82°1,524 m3.6 mi
North LafayetteENE 69°1,519 m3.8 mi
South Twin MountainENE 71°1,491 m8.5 mi
North Twin MountainENE 64°1,452 m8.7 mi
Little Haystack MountainE 98°1,440 m3.5 mi
West BondE 86°1,358 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0419:5020:35
September equinox06:3518:0818:46
December solstice07:2015:2416:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029425463686659473626
Precip in3.43.03.45.24.24.86.03.93.85.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Nepp, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/357730895

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