The Pinnacle
The Pinnacle rises to 411 m in New Hampshire. Croydon Mountain stands 842 m to the north-northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Newport Town Forest, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States of America
Wikidata Q34812458, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 411 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 8.6 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 20.9 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 21.3 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 7 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 15 mi
- Beacon Hill Vista · 21 mi
- Indian Ridge · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Newport Town Forest: 0.2 mi
- Johnson Easement: 0.4 mi
- Newport Town Forest: 0.4 mi
- Wendell Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 2.9 mi
- Wendell Marsh: 2.9 mi
- Newport Recreation Complex: 0.7 mi
- Robert C. Haserlat Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Newport Common: 1.2 mi
- Corbin Covered Bridge Park: 1.6 mi
- Ransom Tracey Park: 1.6 mi
- Coit Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Camels Hump: 1.9 mi
- Cuttings Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Baltimore Hill: 2.7 mi
- Newport Historical Society Museum: 1.3 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 3.3 mi
- Sunapee Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 4.2 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 6.7 mi
- naval gun: 8.6 mi
- civil war: 8.6 mi
- naval gun: 8.6 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 8.9 mi
- American Precision Museum: 12.9 mi
- Dewey Beach: 4.3 mi
- Croydon Town Beach: 4.7 mi
- State Park Beach: 5.9 mi
- Georges Mills Beach: 5.9 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 6.4 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 1.4 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 16.9 mi
- The Wrecker: 19.7 mi
- Refuge: 22.8 mi
- Dartmouth Panels: 22.8 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 15.3 mi
- Salmond Covered Bridge: 16.5 mi
- Willard Twin Covered Bridge: 17.2 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 17.6 mi
- Upper Falls Covered Bridge: 17.9 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 3.1 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 14.2 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 14.5 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 14.6 mi
- Hidden Falls: 15.9 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 17.2 mi
- Tipping Rock: 19.3 mi
- Train: Boston & Maine Engine 494: 19.8 mi
- Lyman Point: 19.9 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 21.4 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 9.3 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 14.7 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 16.9 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 18.7 mi
- Life Sciences Greenhouse: 23.3 mi
- Baker Ledge: 13.9 mi
- The Bulkhead: 18.1 mi
- Bouldering: 21.1 mi
- Table Rock: 21.9 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 6.7 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 18.8 mi
- Hippy Hill: 18.1 mi
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- (seasonal): 13.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of The Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croydon Mountain | NNW 339° | 842 m | 7.3 mi |
| Croydon Peak | NNW 338° | 841 m | 7.3 mi |
| Summit | SE 136° | 828 m | 6.6 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | SE 135° | 824 m | 7.1 mi |
| Grantham Mountain | NNW 347° | 800 m | 8.3 mi |
| South Peak | SE 132° | 794 m | 7.4 mi |
| Lucias Lookout | SSE 147° | 756 m | 8.7 mi |
| North Peak | SE 133° | 692 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 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 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 870398 — The Pinnacle, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357728213
Day trips start here
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 7 mi
- Claremont · 9 mi
- New London · 9 mi
- Cornish · 12 mi
- Windsor · 13 mi
- Brownsville · 16 mi
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