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Towne Hill

Towne Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Towne Hill rises to 353 m in New Hampshire. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the north-northwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Tetreault Park, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 17 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34813883, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
353 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.74821, -72.05527

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Ridge Common: 2.3 mi
  • Rindge Veteran's Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
  • Wellington Park: 3.5 mi
  • Mountain Brook Reservoir Conservation Easement: 3.6 mi
  • Wellington Park: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Clyde II: 4.6 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 9.4 mi
  • Cultural Cocoon: 10.4 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 10.5 mi
  • Armillary: 10.9 mi
Museums: 32
Attractions: 26
Cliffs: 21
Beaches: 20
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 5.0 mi
  • Ripple Beach Cove: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Spirit Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 10.2 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Noahs Ark: 9.4 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 11.7 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 7.6 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 10.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Towne Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockNNW 341°965 m8.2 mi
Bald RockNNW 340°790 m7.8 mi
Monte RosaNNW 338°749 m8.0 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakNW 319°579 m6.4 mi
Little Monadnock MountainWNW 290°571 m8.2 mi
New Ipswich MountainE 92°563 m7.0 mi
Gap Mountain - North PeakNW 320°561 m6.6 mi
Barrett MountainE 82°561 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:01
June solstice05:1119:4820:31
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1615:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665706860493828
Precip in3.03.03.93.83.64.54.03.94.34.83.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Muni AP Silver RCH, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357728365

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