Goose Pond Park Picnic Area
Goose Pond Park Picnic Area is a picnic site in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 255 m. Smarts Mountain stands 983 m to the north-northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Goose Pond Park Beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. Connecticut River Byway passes 5.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- State of NH DES
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 12.5 mi off the River Heritage Tour
- 14.1 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 19.7 mi off the Lake Sunapee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Post Pond Overlook · 8 mi
- Balch Hill · 8 mi
- Sunset Viewing Spot · 9 mi
- Norman Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Goose Pond Park: 0.0 mi
- Huse Park: 5.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 5.7 mi
- Costello Memorial Field: 6.0 mi
- Mascoma Lakeside Park: 6.3 mi
- McKinley Tract: 0.7 mi
- Marshall Brook Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Tunis Brook Mill Lot: 1.3 mi
- Hanover Town Forest: 2.0 mi
- Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge (Mascoma River Division): 2.3 mi
- Sawyer Hill: 2.2 mi
- South Peak: 2.5 mi
- North Peak: 2.6 mi
- Moose Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Town Hill: 3.6 mi
- Winslow Ledge: 4.2 mi
- Holt's Ledge: 4.3 mi
- Bouldering: 7.5 mi
- Buffalo Pit: 13.7 mi
- The Palisades: 13.7 mi
- The Bill Farm: 2.3 mi
- Canaan Veterans' Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 7.1 mi
- Lyme Cannon: 7.2 mi
- BASIC: The First User-Friendly Computer Programming Language: 8.9 mi
- Goose Pond Park Beach: 0.0 mi
- Goose Pond Dam Beach: 2.1 mi
- Canaan Street Lake Beach: 4.4 mi
- Shakoma Beach: 6.7 mi
- Chase Town Beach: 8.3 mi
- Canaan Historical Museum: 4.5 mi
- Shaker Museum: 7.1 mi
- Hughes Barn Museum: 9.5 mi
- Hood Museum of Art: 9.6 mi
- Montshire Museum of Science: 10.5 mi
- The Wrecker: 8.9 mi
- Feral Seed: 9.4 mi
- Robert Frost: 9.5 mi
- Perdido: 9.6 mi
- Foucault Pendulum: 9.6 mi
- Lyme-East Thetford Bridge: 7.9 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 9.4 mi
- Tipping Rock: 9.7 mi
- Lyman Point: 11.9 mi
- Train: Boston & Maine Engine 494: 12.1 mi
- Big Dog Falls: 8.7 mi
- Litte Dog Falls: 8.9 mi
- The Chutes: 10.5 mi
- The Chutes: 10.5 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 11.1 mi
- Union Village Covered Bridge: 9.3 mi
- Edgell Covered Bridge: 11.0 mi
- Sayre Bridge: 11.2 mi
- Willard Twin Covered Bridge: 15.3 mi
- Middle Covered Bridge: 22.2 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Life Sciences Greenhouse: 9.4 mi
- Peace Garden: 20.5 mi
- Garden at Tracy Library: 21.6 mi
- South Royalton Community Garden: 22.1 mi
- Rest Area I-91 (South Bound): 14.2 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center - Sharon: 16.5 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 17.2 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 19.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Goose Pond Park Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smarts Mountain | NNE 23° | 983 m | 8.2 mi |
| Lampier Hill | NNE 30° | 722 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Tug | ESE 108° | 713 m | 7.6 mi |
| Thompson Hill | ENE 67° | 709 m | 5.7 mi |
| North Peak | WNW 299° | 702 m | 2.6 mi |
| South Peak | W 276° | 693 m | 2.5 mi |
| Winslow Ledge | NNE 13° | 692 m | 4.2 mi |
| Smith Mountain | NNE 12° | 673 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:50 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:28 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 34 | 47 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hanover, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11346523237
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