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Tower Hill

Tower Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Tower Hill rises to 256 m in New Hampshire. Franklin Mountain stands 434 m to the northeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Cat Den Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 0.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in New Hampshire, United States of America

Wikidata Q34813785, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
256 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.77140, -72.46387

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Millstream Waterfront Park: 1.4 mi
  • Hinsdale Town Park: 3.7 mi
  • Loring Field: 3.8 mi
  • Ellen Lambert Murphy Memorial Community Center: 4.1 mi
  • Winchester Town Beach: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Winchester Town Forest: 3.0 mi
  • Winchester Town Forest - Snow Pond: 4.3 mi
  • Pauchaug Preserve: 4.4 mi
  • Winchester Town Forest - Meetinghouse Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Bear Mountain State Forest: 5.0 mi
Historic sites: 51
Museums: 31
Cliffs: 21
  • Mine Ledge: 6.9 mi
  • Table Rock: 7.4 mi
  • Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 11.7 mi
  • Introductory Buttress: 11.7 mi
  • Rose Ledge Upper Tier: 11.8 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Hermit's Castle: 11.1 mi
  • Stone Bridge: 11.5 mi
  • Greenfield Energy Park: 14.6 mi
  • Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 14.6 mi
  • Path Continues: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 10.5 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 16.1 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Green Mountain Beach: 19.2 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 20.9 mi
Artworks: 12
  • Reaching: 14.1 mi
  • Aurora: 14.3 mi
  • Trinity Bicycle Shop: 14.4 mi
  • Baseball: 14.5 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Gardens: 8
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Falcon Spring: 19.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Tower Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Franklin MountainNE 56°434 m7.1 mi
Davis HillN 354°432 m5.8 mi
Hubbard HillN 2°419 m6.4 mi
East MountainW 268°416 m6.6 mi
Scott MountainE 89°410 m6.7 mi
Willard MountainE 81°408 m6.8 mi
Mount PisgahN 5°402 m4.5 mi
Wantastiquet MountainNNW 327°399 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1219:4920:32
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1815:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202331435564696860483727
Precip in3.12.83.43.43.84.44.54.34.34.93.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keene, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357728334

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