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Whitcomb Peak

Whitcomb Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Whitcomb Peak rises to 524 m in New Hampshire. North Pack Monadnock Mountain stands 694 m to the north, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Holt Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. General John Stark Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34820239, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
524 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.82873, -71.86872

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Miller State Park: 2.0 mi
  • Marshall-Thomas Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
  • Memorial Park: 4.8 mi
  • Myrtle Marsh Park: 5.2 mi
  • Depot Park: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Cultural Cocoon: 5.3 mi
  • Armillary: 11.1 mi
  • Phoenix: 12.1 mi
  • Inside: 12.1 mi
  • Cuerpo Diafano: 12.2 mi
Museums: 38
  • Mariposa Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Rindge Historcal Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Ashby Historical Society: 10.7 mi
  • Milford Historical Society: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 23
Beaches: 22
Waterfalls: 17
  • Bonner Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Middle Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Upper Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Senter Falls: 9.7 mi
Gardens: 15
  • Noahs Ark: 10.5 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Maple Hill Gardens: 15.2 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 17.0 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Billings Fold: 12.4 mi
  • Black Precipice: 12.4 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 18.7 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 19.3 mi
  • Old Limestone Quarry: 20.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Falcon Spring: 11.5 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 13.0 mi
  • River Road Spring: 14.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Pack Monadnock MountainN 2°694 m4.0 mi
Pack Monadnock MountainNNW 348°692 m2.4 mi
Holt PeakW 263°623 m0.8 mi
Burton PeakSW 232°605 m1.5 mi
Temple MountainNW 314°596 m1.2 mi
New Ipswich MountainSSW 203°563 m6.2 mi
Barrett MountainSSW 207°561 m5.2 mi
Mount WataticS 188°555 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2219:00
June solstice05:1019:4720:30
September equinox06:3518:0918:47
December solstice07:1615:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222532445463696760483828
Precip in3.43.34.24.43.74.33.63.84.25.44.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenville 1 NNE, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 870832 — Whitcomb Peak, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357728894

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