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Top of the World

Top of the World, seen from above at true elevation

Top of the World rises to 252 m in New Hampshire. Mount Whiteface stands 1,217 m to the north, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Wentworth Hill, a peak 1.7 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 2.0 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in New Hampshire, United States of America

Wikidata Q34813496, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
252 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.81554, -71.40147

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Remick Park: 1.7 mi
  • Quimby Field: 2.0 mi
  • Everrett Field: 2.1 mi
  • Sunshine Park: 2.2 mi
  • James D. Sutherland Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs
Waterfalls: 38
  • Lower Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Beede Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Roaring Falls: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 36
Attractions: 28
  • The Old Country Store: 4.2 mi
  • Lucknow Mansion: 7.2 mi
  • Lower Pool: 12.3 mi
  • Madison Boulder: 14.1 mi
  • Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 14.4 mi
Historic sites: 28
Artworks: 21
  • Frog Rock: 7.6 mi
  • #20 / Nova: 11.8 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 11.8 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 11.9 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 11.9 mi
Museums: 20
Springs: 5
  • Elliott Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 14.8 mi
  • lower falls: 15.8 mi
  • Breck-Plankey Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Campton Day Use Area: 11.9 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 18.4 mi
  • Fay Waside Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Peace Garden: 14.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Sanbornton Rest Area: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Top of the World. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WhitefaceN 358°1,217 m8.4 mi
Sandwich MountainNW 321°1,215 m7.6 mi
Sandwich DomeNW 321°1,206 m7.6 mi
Jennings PeakNW 321°1,038 m8.6 mi
Flat MountainNNW 339°1,015 m8.4 mi
Mount ShawSE 128°911 m8.1 mi
Noon PeakNW 325°893 m8.8 mi
Hibbard MountainN 10°889 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0419:4820:32
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:1715:2416:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231435564696760473626
Precip in3.93.34.25.03.95.04.94.04.76.04.74.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357730952

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