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Whitcomb Hill

Whitcomb Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Whitcomb Hill rises to 342 m in New Hampshire. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the northwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Humiston Park, a park 0.4 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q34820227, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
342 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.79955, -72.01719

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Humiston Park: 0.4 mi
  • Town Common: 1.1 mi
  • Howard Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Mountain Brook Reservoir Conservation Easement: 1.6 mi
  • Centennial Park: 2.5 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Cultural Cocoon: 6.4 mi
  • Armillary: 7.7 mi
  • Clyde II: 8.3 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 12.4 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 13.5 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums: 32
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Mariposa Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 8.3 mi
  • Troy Historical Society: 8.6 mi
Beaches: 20
  • Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Ranger Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Bonner Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 14.0 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Barrett House: 8.6 mi
  • Nutting Ledges: 8.9 mi
  • Stone Bridge: 12.9 mi
  • Bicentennial Giant Chair: 15.5 mi
  • Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 16.2 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Black Precipice: 6.2 mi
  • Billings Fold: 6.3 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 11.2 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 11.9 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 21.7 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Noahs Ark: 6.3 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 7.7 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 18.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Falcon Spring: 5.4 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 12.2 mi
  • River Road Spring: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Whitcomb Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockNW965 m6.3 mi
Bald RockNW790 m5.9 mi
Monte RosaNW749 m6.3 mi
Pack Monadnock MountainENE692 m8.2 mi
Holt PeakENE623 m7.0 mi
Burton PeakE605 m6.4 mi
Temple MountainENE596 m7.2 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakWNW579 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1019:4820:31
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 °F222432455766716962493829
Precip in3.33.44.03.83.74.34.34.04.35.13.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Silver RCH Airpark, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 870830 — Whitcomb Hill, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357728891

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