Wright Hill
Wright Hill rises to 357 m in New Hampshire. Summit stands 828 m to the west-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Poor Farm Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q34821992, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 357 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
- 10.1 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 16.6 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 19.7 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagles Nest · 5 mi
- View of Bellows Falls · 27 mi
- Martin's Mill Covered Bridge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Poor Farm Hill: 1.0 mi
- Dodge Hill: 1.0 mi
- Burpee Hill: 1.5 mi
- Morse Hill: 1.7 mi
- Hedgehog Hill: 2.1 mi
- Russell Pond: 1.2 mi
- Bradford Pines Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- Webb/Crowell Forest: 2.3 mi
- West Meadow Wetland Conservation Area: 3.7 mi
- Shadow Hill State Forest: 4.0 mi
- Whitman Park: 1.8 mi
- Warren Brook Park: 2.3 mi
- Larsen Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
- Fishersfield Park: 2.9 mi
- Wadleigh State Park: 4.4 mi
- Liberty Tree Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Washington Civil War Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Gerrish Depot: 16.2 mi
- Boudreau Square: 18.1 mi
- William A. Fenlason Square: 18.5 mi
- Wadleigh State Beach: 4.3 mi
- State Park Beach: 6.0 mi
- Blodgett Landing Coast: 6.4 mi
- Elkins Beach: 8.4 mi
- Dewey Beach: 9.1 mi
- John Hay Estate at The Fells: 5.5 mi
- Upton Chandler House Museum: 7.2 mi
- New Hampshire Telephone Museum: 7.4 mi
- Flanders-Osborne Museum: 8.6 mi
- Sunapee Historical Society: 8.9 mi
- Newport's Golden Eagle: 11.6 mi
- John Gilbert Winant: 22.1 mi
- Commodore George Hamilton Perkins: 22.1 mi
- Uranus: 22.1 mi
- Neptune: 22.1 mi
- Gleason Falls: 10.6 mi
- Pollard Mills Falls: 11.1 mi
- Profile Falls: 21.8 mi
- Brennan Falls: 22.1 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 22.2 mi
- Everett Dam: 20.7 mi
- Everett Dam: 20.8 mi
- Everett Dam: 20.8 mi
- Everett Dam: 20.8 mi
- Mercury-Redstone Plaza: 22.0 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 8.2 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 24.1 mi
- Botanical Garden: 24.1 mi
- Baker Ledge: 5.8 mi
- The Bulkhead: 13.5 mi
- Raymond Cliff: 20.2 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 13.8 mi
- Canterbury Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- (seasonal): 8.4 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 23.7 mi
- Hippy Hill: 16.5 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 19.5 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 10.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Wright Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit | WNW 281° | 828 m | 5.9 mi |
| Sunapee Mountain | W 279° | 824 m | 5.4 mi |
| South Peak | WNW 281° | 794 m | 4.9 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 43° | 774 m | 7.0 mi |
| Lucias Lookout | WSW 256° | 756 m | 5.9 mi |
| Little Sunapee Mountain | WSW 247° | 734 m | 6.3 mi |
| North Peak | WNW 286° | 692 m | 6.0 mi |
| Ayers Pond Peak | SW 223° | 641 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:49 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:29 | 16:16 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bradford 2, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 871006 — Wright Hill, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357729140
Day trips start here
- New London · 8 mi
- Dartmouth Lake Sunapee · 16 mi
- Franklin · 19 mi
- Claremont · 20 mi
- Concord · 21 mi
- Tilton · 21 mi
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