Orange Basin
Orange Basin is a depression in Grafton, New Hampshire and has an elevation of 1,306 feet. Orange Basin is situated nearby to the town Canaan.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cardigan Mountain State Park and Mount Cardigan.
Cardigan Mountain State Park
Photo: Šarūnas Burdulis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cardigan Mountain State Park is a 5,655-acre public recreation area in Orange, New Hampshire. The state park is free to use, open year-round, and offers a hiking trail up to the 3,121-foot treeless granite summit of Mount Cardigan plus places to picnic.
Mount Cardigan
Peak
Photo: Ken Gallager, Public domain.
Mount Cardigan is a prominent bare-rock summit in the towns of Orange and Alexandria in western New Hampshire, USA. While its peak is only 3,155 feet above sea level, it has extensive areas of bare granite ledges and alpine scrub, giving it the feel to hikers of a much higher mountain. Mount Cardigan is situated 2 miles east of Orange Basin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Orange and Canaan.
Orange
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Orange is a small town located in New Hampshire that was granted in 1769 and incorporated in 1790. The census of 2000 has the population at 299. The Mt. Cardigan State Park is located inside Orange.
Canaan
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Canaan is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,794 at the 2020 census. It is the location of Mascoma State Forest. Canaan is situated 3 miles west of Orange Basin.
Canaan Street Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Neil.m.young, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Canaan Street Historic District encompasses the historic original town center of Canaan, New Hampshire. It is a basically linear district, running along Canaan Street roughly from Prospect Hill Road in the north to Moss Flower Lane in the south. Canaan Street Historic District is situated 4½ miles west of Orange Basin.
Orange Basin
- Type: Depression with an elevation of 1,306 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Grafton, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.65146° or 43° 39′ 5″ northLongitude
-71.95703° or 71° 57′ 25″ westElevation
1,306 feet (398 metres)Open location code
87MCM22V+H5GeoNames ID
5090650
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Localities in the Area
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