Peak · New Hampshire
Wilcox Hill
Wilcox Hill rises to 510 m in New Hampshire. Summit stands 828 m to the east, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pikes Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 6.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34820872, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 510 m
How to reach it
Coordinates43.32951, -72.22073
- 6.6 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 7.4 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 21.7 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 21.5 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 9 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 17 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 17 mi
- Beacon Hill Vista · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Pikes Hill: 0.9 mi
- Calls Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Tug: 2.0 mi
- Unity Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Potato Hill: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Newport Water Department Land: 2.7 mi
- Unity Mountain Forest County Land: 3.2 mi
- Nathaniel & Ina Thurber Memorial Forest: 3.2 mi
- Little Sugar River Forest County Land: 3.8 mi
- Gallop Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 3.9 mi
Parks
- Sugar River Recreation Trail: 2.8 mi
- Ransom Tracey Park: 3.2 mi
- Newport Common: 3.4 mi
- Newport Recreation Complex: 4.1 mi
- Corbin Covered Bridge Park: 4.4 mi
Museums: 26
- Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 2.7 mi
- Newport Historical Society Museum: 3.5 mi
- Sunapee Historical Society: 7.8 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 8.0 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 9.2 mi
Historic sites: 23
- naval gun: 6.5 mi
- naval gun: 6.5 mi
- civil war: 6.5 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 12.3 mi
Beaches: 19
- State Park Beach: 8.1 mi
- Dewey Beach: 8.4 mi
- Croydon Town Beach: 9.2 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 9.4 mi
- Georges Mills Beach: 10.4 mi
Covered bridges: 9
- Salmond Covered Bridge: 15.0 mi
- Titcomb Covered Bridge: 15.1 mi
- Upper Falls Covered Bridge: 15.9 mi
- Victorian Village Covered Bridge: 17.0 mi
- Best's Covered Bridge: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- Pollard Mills Falls: 2.5 mi
- Gerry's Falls: 13.6 mi
- Hidden Falls: 15.0 mi
- Sumner Falls: 18.0 mi
- Gleason Falls: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Baker Ledge: 16.7 mi
- Table Rock: 17.3 mi
- The Bulkhead: 22.1 mi
- Mine Ledge: 23.5 mi
- Bouldering: 24.5 mi
Attractions: 5
- Green Mountain Railroad: 19.0 mi
- Willard Covered Bridge: 19.4 mi
- Tipping Rock: 22.4 mi
- Train: Boston & Maine Engine 494: 22.5 mi
- Lyman Point: 22.6 mi
Gardens: 4
- Washington Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 13.2 mi
- Blue Star Garden: 13.3 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 21.9 mi
Artworks: 3
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 3.4 mi
- Smith's clothespin: 13.3 mi
- The Wrecker: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 11.3 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Hippy Hill: 22.5 mi
- Wright Grove: 22.7 mi
Springs: 1
- (seasonal): 11.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Wilcox Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit | E 98° | 828 m | 7.5 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | E 100° | 824 m | 7.9 mi |
| South Peak | E 98° | 794 m | 8.4 mi |
| Lucias Lookout | ESE 116° | 756 m | 8.3 mi |
| Goves Mountain | SE 131° | 721 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bean Mountain | SSE 149° | 708 m | 8.2 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | SE 136° | 698 m | 8.0 mi |
| North Peak | E 94° | 692 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:30 | 16:17 |
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 | 19 | 21 | 30 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 870887 — Wilcox Hill, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357728979
Day trips start here
- Claremont · 7 mi
- Cornish · 12 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 12 mi
- New London · 13 mi
- Windsor · 13 mi
- Brownsville · 16 mi
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