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The Humps

The Humps, seen from above at true elevation

The Humps rises to 907 m in New Hampshire. Mount Washington stands 1,917 m to the east-southeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Owl's Head, a peak 0.8 miles away. Presidential Range Tour passes 4.2 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34812317, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
907 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.32988, -71.48079

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 60
Parks: 50
  • Twin Mountain Fish Hatchery: 3.6 mi
  • The Common: 7.1 mi
  • Whitefield Park: 7.4 mi
  • Randolf Springs Town Park: 8.2 mi
  • Weeks State Park: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 50
  • Lower Ammonoosuc Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Middle Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Gibbs Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Chandler Fall: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 38
  • Cog Railway Display: 5.0 mi
  • You Tubing: 6.6 mi
  • Reindeer Rendezvous: 6.6 mi
  • Merry Crismas Ferris wheel: 6.6 mi
  • The Peppermint Twist: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 20
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 11
Springs: 6
  • Spaulding Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 19.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Boise Rock: 15.6 mi
  • The Basin, West: 17.4 mi
  • The Basin, East: 17.6 mi
  • Littleton Rest Area: 19.4 mi
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 20.7 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Pollyanna Statue: 14.6 mi
  • Tree Harp: 14.6 mi
  • Sunflowers: 14.6 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 17.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of The Humps. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WashingtonESE 115°1,917 m9.7 mi
Ball CragESE 113°1,843 m9.7 mi
Mount AdamsE 94°1,748 m9.4 mi
Mount JeffersonESE 102°1,725 m8.3 mi
Mount ClayESE 110°1,684 m8.7 mi
Mount Sam AdamsE 94°1,682 m9.0 mi
Mount Quincy AdamsE 92°1,633 m9.5 mi
Mount Abigail AdamsE 92°1,626 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0319:5020:34
September equinox06:3418:0718:45
December solstice07:1915:2216:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161828415362676557463523
Precip in2.11.42.12.93.83.94.43.73.63.72.92.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitefield MT Washington Rgnl, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 870386 — The Humps, Coos County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357728196

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