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Boise Rock

Boise Rock from directly overhead

Boise Rock is a rest area in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 573 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the east-northeast, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Moby Grape, a cliff 0.5 miles away. White Mountain Trail runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Franconia Notch State Park
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.15337, -71.67806

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs
  • Moby Grape: 0.5 mi
  • Cannon Cliff: 0.5 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 1.1 mi
  • Shining Rock Cliff: 1.6 mi
  • Hone Wall: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 52
Parks: 50
Attractions: 41
  • The Basin: 2.2 mi
  • Liberty Gorge: 3.4 mi
  • Flume Gorge: 3.7 mi
  • Table Rock Flume Brook: 3.7 mi
  • Flume Gorge & Visitor Center: 3.9 mi
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 13
  • Governor Gallen Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 8.9 mi
  • Chase cellar hole: 13.8 mi
  • Willey House: 14.0 mi
  • Bath New Hampshire: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Springs: 7
  • Liberty Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 14.4 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • The Basin, West: 2.1 mi
  • The Basin, East: 2.3 mi
  • Littleton Rest Area: 15.4 mi
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 18.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-91 (North Bound): 20.7 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Tree Harp: 11.6 mi
  • Sunflowers: 11.6 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 11.6 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 16.8 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 23.6 mi
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Boise Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LafayetteENE1,600 m1.7 mi
Mount LincolnE1,551 m1.7 mi
North LincolnE1,524 m1.7 mi
North LafayetteENE1,519 m1.9 mi
South Twin MountainENE1,491 m6.5 mi
North Twin MountainENE1,452 m6.9 mi
Little Haystack MountainESE1,440 m1.8 mi
Mount BondE1,432 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0419:5020:34
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:2015:2416:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029425463686659473626
Precip in3.43.03.45.24.24.86.03.93.85.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Nepp, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1288461686

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