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The Pinnacle

The Pinnacle, seen from above at true elevation

The Pinnacle rises to 467 m in New Hampshire. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the north-northeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Brigham Hill, a peak 1.9 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 15 miles off.

The story

mountain in New Hampshire, United States of America

Wikidata Q34812406, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
467 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.78381, -72.15704

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Samuel E. Paul Recreational Park: 2.8 mi
  • Central Square: 3.2 mi
  • Farrar Field: 4.2 mi
  • Richmond Wildlife Manangement Area: 4.7 mi
  • Mountain Brook Reservoir Conservation Easement: 5.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Cheshire Railroad Depot Monument: 3.1 mi
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 3.2 mi
Museums: 31
Artworks: 31
  • Clyde II: 8.8 mi
  • Armillary: 9.7 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 10.6 mi
  • Reaching: 11.6 mi
  • Aurora: 11.6 mi
Attractions: 24
Cliffs: 23
  • Troy Cliffs: 4.7 mi
  • Black Precipice: 5.6 mi
  • Billings Fold: 5.9 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Table Rock: 16.5 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Falls Brook Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 9.6 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 3.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 5.9 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 7.6 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Noahs Ark: 8.4 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 13.2 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 16.8 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 5.8 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 16.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of The Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockNNE 25°965 m5.9 mi
Bald RockNNE 28°790 m5.5 mi
Monte RosaNNE 24°749 m5.5 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakNNE 22°579 m2.6 mi
Little Monadnock MountainW 279°571 m2.5 mi
Gap Mountain - North PeakNNE 19°561 m2.8 mi
Spaulding HillN 6°484 m8.5 mi
Sunset HillN 8°482 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1119:4820:31
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357728200

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