The Pinnacle
The Pinnacle rises to 656 m in New Hampshire. Mount Cardigan stands 956 m to the east-southeast, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Tug, a peak 1.0 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34812415, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 656 m
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 10.3 mi off the River Heritage Tour
- 14.9 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
- 17.0 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Post Pond Overlook · 15 mi
- Balch Hill · 15 mi
- Norman Overlook · 16 mi
- Indian Ridge · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Common: 3.1 mi
- Williams Field: 3.1 mi
- Sculptured Rocks Geologic Site: 5.8 mi
- Everett Hobart Memorial Park: 6.2 mi
- Goose Pond Park: 7.6 mi
- Mount Tug: 1.0 mi
- Hoyt Hill: 2.4 mi
- Tuttle Hill: 2.4 mi
- Firescrew: 2.6 mi
- Mount Cardigan: 2.6 mi
- Crowell Woodlands: 2.9 mi
- Cardigan Reservation: 4.3 mi
- Welton Falls State Forest: 4.5 mi
- Cross Reservation: 5.0 mi
- Mascoma State Forest: 5.0 mi
- The Ledges: 8.4 mi
- Winslow Ledge: 9.5 mi
- Holt's Ledge: 10.4 mi
- Slab Wall: 10.7 mi
- Small Wall: 10.7 mi
- Canaan Veterans' Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Former Hall Place: 7.2 mi
- Former Remick Place: 7.9 mi
- The Bill Farm: 9.2 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 11.8 mi
- Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 14.8 mi
- The Wrecker: 14.9 mi
- Feral Seed: 16.5 mi
- Robert Frost: 16.5 mi
- Perdido: 16.5 mi
- Canaan Street Lake Beach: 4.2 mi
- Goose Pond Dam Beach: 6.6 mi
- Goose Pond Park Beach: 7.6 mi
- Shakoma Beach: 10.3 mi
- Avery-Crouse Beach: 11.6 mi
- Canaan Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- Shaker Museum: 10.0 mi
- Museum of the White Mountains: 14.6 mi
- Whipple House: 16.4 mi
- Hood Museum of Art: 16.6 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 3.5 mi
- Welton Falls: 4.8 mi
- Sculptured Rocks: 5.8 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 10.3 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 10.5 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 2.1 mi
- Lyme-East Thetford Bridge: 14.9 mi
- Tipping Rock: 15.6 mi
- Lyman Point: 17.9 mi
- Redstone Rocket: 17.9 mi
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Hippy Hill: 11.1 mi
- Area 1: 17.8 mi
- Area 2: 18.0 mi
- Campton Day Use Area: 21.6 mi
- Union Village Covered Bridge: 16.9 mi
- Edgell Covered Bridge: 17.1 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 17.1 mi
- Sayre Bridge: 18.5 mi
- Willard Twin Covered Bridge: 20.3 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 14.6 mi
- Peace Garden: 14.8 mi
- Life Sciences Greenhouse: 16.5 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 17.7 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 15.7 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 19.8 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 21.8 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center - Sharon: 23.7 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 11.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 14.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of The Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cardigan | ESE 123° | 956 m | 2.6 mi |
| Firescrew | ESE 113° | 934 m | 2.6 mi |
| Cardigan South Peak | SE 128° | 865 m | 2.8 mi |
| Cardigan Rimrock | SE 134° | 851 m | 2.8 mi |
| Orange Mountain | SE 137° | 782 m | 3.5 mi |
| Crane Mountain | SE 139° | 727 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mowglis Mountain | E 84° | 720 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Tug | NNE 21° | 713 m | 1.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:50 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:27 | 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 | 18 | 20 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 45 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grafton, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 870399 — The Pinnacle, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357728217
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