Thompson Hill
Thompson Hill rises to 503 m in New Hampshire. Summit stands 828 m to the northeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Jessie Barton Memorial Forest, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States.
Wikidata Q34812735, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 503 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 12.7 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 15.4 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 21.8 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 5 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 19 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 22 mi
- Beacon Hill Vista · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chandler Hill: 1.5 mi
- Goves Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Lucias Lookout: 2.3 mi
- Bryant Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Little Sunapee Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Pillsbury-Sunapee Corridor: 2.5 mi
- Pillsbury State Park: 4.3 mi
- Sunapee State Park: 5.1 mi
- Larsen Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
- Fishersfield Park: 5.8 mi
- Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 4.5 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 6.3 mi
- Newport Historical Society Museum: 6.4 mi
- Washington Historical Society: 7.4 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 7.5 mi
- State Park Beach: 5.2 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 7.3 mi
- Dewey Beach: 8.1 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 10.1 mi
- Georges Mills Beach: 10.6 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 7.3 mi
- naval gun: 12.7 mi
- civil war: 12.7 mi
- American Precision Museum: 19.1 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 16.2 mi
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 20.3 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 20.9 mi
- Hall Bridge: 21.1 mi
- Salmond Covered Bridge: 21.2 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 4.9 mi
- Gleason Falls: 12.5 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 19.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 21.1 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 21.5 mi
- Baker Ledge: 12.8 mi
- Table Rock: 18.9 mi
- The Bulkhead: 19.6 mi
- Mine Ledge: 22.4 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 11.4 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 18.3 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 20.6 mi
- Hippy Hill: 21.2 mi
- Wright Grove: 21.3 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 6.3 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 18.4 mi
- Green Mountain Railroad: 23.7 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 24.6 mi
- (seasonal): 6.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Thompson Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit | NE 44° | 828 m | 3.2 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | NE 53° | 824 m | 3.3 mi |
| South Peak | NE 56° | 794 m | 3.8 mi |
| Lucias Lookout | E 97° | 756 m | 2.3 mi |
| Lovewell Mountain | SSE 152° | 751 m | 6.1 mi |
| Little Sunapee Mountain | ESE 120° | 734 m | 2.5 mi |
| Goves Mountain | SSE 160° | 721 m | 1.7 mi |
| Bean Mountain | SSW 195° | 708 m | 3.8 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 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:30 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 871345 — Thompson Hill, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357729482
Day trips start here
- New London · 11 mi
- Claremont · 13 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 14 mi
- Cornish · 18 mi
- Windsor · 19 mi
- Brownsville · 22 mi
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