The Pinnacle
The Pinnacle rises to 380 m in New Hampshire. Mount Kearsarge stands 891 m to the east-northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Nelson Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States of America (GNIS ID = 870397).
Wikidata Q34812441, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 380 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 11.8 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 18.4 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 19.2 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 4 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 25 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 27 mi
- Indian Ridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nelson Hill: 1.0 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 1.0 mi
- Fellows Hill: 1.0 mi
- Burpee Hill: 1.5 mi
- Wadleigh Hill: 1.7 mi
- Wadleigh State Park: 2.1 mi
- Fishersfield Park: 2.6 mi
- Larsen Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
- Sunapee State Park: 3.5 mi
- Bowls of Blodgett Landing: 3.9 mi
- Sutton Town Forest & Wetland: 2.0 mi
- Seymour Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- William Bean Quarry: 2.1 mi
- Sundell Natural Area: 2.3 mi
- Maple Leaf Natural Area: 2.3 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 1.9 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 3.9 mi
- State Park Beach: 4.4 mi
- Elkins Beach: 5.8 mi
- Dewey Beach: 6.6 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 12.8 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 16.4 mi
- William A. Fenlason Square: 17.8 mi
- Odell Park Arch: 18.0 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 3.4 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 6.3 mi
- Sunapee Historical Society: 6.6 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 8.8 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 9.0 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 10.1 mi
- Uranus: 23.7 mi
- Neptune: 23.7 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 23.7 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 23.8 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 10.0 mi
- Gleason Falls: 13.5 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 19.3 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 19.4 mi
- Profile Falls: 19.9 mi
- Baker Ledge: 4.6 mi
- The Bulkhead: 11.6 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 22.8 mi
- The Ledges: 23.6 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 21.2 mi
- Everett Dam: 23.2 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 23.6 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village: 24.3 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 5.2 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 12.7 mi
- Botanical Garden: 24.5 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 11.0 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- (seasonal): 10.4 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 21.6 mi
- Hippy Hill: 14.1 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 22.4 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 8.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of The Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kearsarge | ENE 62° | 891 m | 6.7 mi |
| Summit | WSW 251° | 828 m | 5.3 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | WSW 246° | 824 m | 5.0 mi |
| South Peak | WSW 245° | 794 m | 4.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | ENE 67° | 774 m | 5.9 mi |
| Lucias Lookout | SW 229° | 756 m | 6.5 mi |
| Little Sunapee Mountain | SW 224° | 734 m | 7.3 mi |
| Little Mountain | ENE 69° | 710 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:29 | 16:16 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Sunapee, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357728210
Day trips start here
- New London · 5 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 13 mi
- Franklin · 18 mi
- Claremont · 19 mi
- Tilton · 21 mi
- Cornish · 22 mi
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