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My Mother the Wind

My Mother the Wind from directly overhead

My Mother the Wind is an artwork in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Mount Agamenticus stands 210 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Fisherman’s Luck, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Coastal Byway runs past it.

Black granite sculpture. 1975.

The record

What the record says

Material
granite
Inscription
For those who sailed here to find a new life.
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.07745, -70.74864

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Prescott Park: 0.1 mi
  • Aldrich Park: 0.3 mi
  • Haven Park: 0.4 mi
  • John Paul Jones Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • North Mill Pond Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Kittery Open Space: 0.6 mi
  • Cook Preserve: 0.9 mi
  • Creek Farm Reservation: 1.3 mi
  • Thompson Easement: 1.6 mi
  • Kittery Open Space: 1.7 mi
Peaks
  • Sagamore Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Boatswain Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Hobbs Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Bartlett Hill: 2.7 mi
Museums: 59
Gardens: 47
  • Trial Gardens: 0.2 mi
  • Presscott Park Formal Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Community Gardens: 0.2 mi
  • Victory Gardens: 0.2 mi
  • Liberty Gardens: 0.3 mi
Beaches: 43
Artworks: 31
Attractions: 16
Waterfalls: 14
  • Piscassic Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Second Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Packer's Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Hayes Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Dover Bluff: 9.5 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 10.6 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 10.6 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 10.6 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 3.3 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 7.7 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 7.7 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 7.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 11.2 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 11.4 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 14.9 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.1 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 4
  • Jailhouse Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Rail Spring: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of My Mother the Wind. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AgamenticusNNE 16°210 m10.5 mi
Horse HillsNNE 15°118 m9.5 mi
Third HillNNW 347°104 m6.9 mi
Horse HillsNNE 12°98 m9.0 mi
Groundnut HillNNE 28°93 m10.4 mi
Stratham HillWSW 250°88 m7.6 mi
Great HillNNW 341°87 m6.2 mi
Bickel MountainN 5°86 m10.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0419:4320:27
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1215:2516:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242734455565706962504030
Precip in3.63.64.84.64.04.63.93.74.14.94.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenland, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5024987820

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