Milan Hill Fire Tower
- 0.1 mi
- round trip
- 94 ft
- climb
- 1,632 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
Milan Hill Fire Tower is a short, easy cross-country ski route in New Hampshire, about 2 miles from the town of Milan. The climb is a back-loaded out-and-back, with the high point at 1,632 feet and the low point at 1,593 feet. The total gain is 94 feet, and the steepest stretch comes at about 0.09 miles, with a 5% grade. Winter is the natural season for this outing. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Berlin show January highs around 27°F with lows near 2°F, and the station sits roughly 474 feet below the fire tower, so temperatures up high run cooler. The Androscoggin River, about 2.8 miles away, offers canoeing. Cates Hill Trail and Mt. Jasper Trail are both hikes within about 6.5 miles, and Rogers Ledge Tent Site is a campground about 7.1 miles off.
Androscoggin RiverCanoeingPhoto: Mike Cline, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)2.8 mi
Cates Hill TrailHikingPhoto: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)6.2 mi- Mt. Jasper TrailHikingPhoto: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)6.5 mi
- Rogers Ledge Tent SiteCamping7.1 mi
Middle Forist AreaRock climbingPhoto: Jon Platek, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)7.1 mi- Mount ForistRock climbingPhoto: Jon Platek, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)7.1 mi
- Unknown Pond Tent SiteCamping8.7 mi
Upper Ammonoosuc RiverCanoeingPhoto: Ken Gallager at English Wikipedia, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)8.8 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Wildcat MountainDownhill skiing · ~37 min drivePhoto: matt.a, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Hayes Copp XcCross-country skiing · ~28 min drive
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- Huntington RwatCross-country skiing · ~37 min drive
- Leavitt's LinkSki touring · ~32 min drive
- Sunday RiverDownhill skiing · ~32 min drive
- Great Gulf Link XcCross-country skiing · ~30 min drive
- Connie's Way XcCross-country skiing · ~37 min drive
- Liebseskinds Loop XcCross-country skiing · ~36 min drive
Best time to visit Milan Hill Fire Tower
No month here meets our mild-weather rule. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
27° / 2°
12 wet
Feb
30° / 3°
10 wet
Mar
39° / 14°
12 wet
Apr
53° / 27°
13 wet
May
67° / 37°
15 wet
Jun
75° / 47°
16 wet
Jul
80° / 52°
18 wet
Aug
78° / 50°
17 wet
Sep
71° / 42°
14 wet
Oct
57° / 32°
14 wet
Nov
44° / 23°
13 wet
Dec
32° / 11°
14 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Berlin Muni Ap, NH, 2.3 mi away at 1,158 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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