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Glen Ellis Scenic Area

Glen Ellis Scenic Area from directly overhead

Glen Ellis Scenic Area is a picnic site in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 600 m. Mount Washington stands 1,917 m to the northwest, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Glen Ellis Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Presidential Range Tour runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
United States Forest Service
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.24644, -71.25387

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Prospect Farm: 3.4 mi
  • Durand Lake: 9.0 mi
  • William H. Peek Memorial Park: 9.0 mi
  • Randolf Springs Town Park: 9.0 mi
  • Mossy Glen: 9.2 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 49
Attractions: 40
  • ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Mount Washington Observatory: 3.0 mi
  • Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 9.7 mi
  • Roar-o-Saurus: 9.7 mi
  • Nor'Easter Mountain Coaster: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 40
Picnic sites: 18
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 17
  • Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 7.7 mi
  • Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 10.5 mi
  • MWOBs Admin Office: 14.6 mi
  • Conway Railroad Museum: 14.8 mi
  • New England Ski Museum: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 17.8 mi
  • Beach Area #1: 18.6 mi
  • Beach Area #2: 18.9 mi
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 20.3 mi
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 20.6 mi
Springs: 6
  • Gulfside Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 13.4 mi
  • lower falls: 16.0 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 15.6 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 22.8 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Hannes Schneider: 14.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Glen Ellis Scenic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WashingtonNW 304°1,917 m3.0 mi
Ball CragNW 310°1,843 m3.0 mi
Agiocochook CragNW 321°1,748 m2.9 mi
Mount AdamsNNW 340°1,748 m5.5 mi
Mount JeffersonNW 322°1,725 m5.1 mi
Nelson CragNW 325°1,708 m2.8 mi
Mount ClayNW 312°1,684 m4.1 mi
Mount Sam AdamsNNW 336°1,682 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0219:4920:33
September equinox06:3318:0618:44
December solstice07:1815:2216:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161826385059646356453323
Precip in5.34.34.95.75.55.95.55.15.07.85.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinkham Notch, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1261321453

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