Whitcomb Hill
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.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34820227, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 342 m
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 20.9 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 22.4 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 22.6 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Beal's Knob Vista · 20 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 22 mi
- Hubbard Hill Vista · 23 mi
- Dort Knob Vista · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Carey Park: 0.4 mi
- Carey Park: 0.5 mi
- Carey Park: 0.5 mi
- Children's Woods: 0.6 mi
- Lacy Road Town Forest: 0.8 mi
- Carter Hill: 0.9 mi
- Peabody Hill: 1.7 mi
- Todd Hill: 3.3 mi
- Thrasher Hill: 3.6 mi
- Woodbury Hill: 3.9 mi
- 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
- New England Glassworks: 6.4 mi
- Civil War Monument: 8.1 mi
- Spirit of the American Doughboy Monument: 8.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 8.3 mi
- World War 2 Honor Roll: 8.3 mi
- 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
- Barrett House: 8.6 mi
- Barrett House: 8.8 mi
- Nutting Ledges: 8.9 mi
- Stone Bridge: 12.9 mi
- Bicentennial Giant Chair: 15.5 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Falcon Spring: 5.4 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 12.2 mi
- River Road Spring: 21.5 mi
- Trap Falls: 15.1 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 15.7 mi
- Wright Grove: 21.1 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Monadnock | NW 313° | 965 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bald Rock | NW 310° | 790 m | 5.9 mi |
| Monte Rosa | NW 309° | 749 m | 6.3 mi |
| Pack Monadnock Mountain | ENE 58° | 692 m | 8.2 mi |
| Holt Peak | ENE 74° | 623 m | 7.0 mi |
| Burton Peak | E 80° | 605 m | 6.4 mi |
| Temple Mountain | ENE 67° | 596 m | 7.2 mi |
| Gap Mountain - South Peak | WNW 282° | 579 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:32 | 16:18 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 49 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Silver RCH Airpark, under a mile away.
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
Day trips start here
- Rindge · 3 mi
- Swanzey · 14 mi
- Gardner · 16 mi
- Ashburnham · 18 mi
- Westminster · 18 mi
- Brookline · 19 mi
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