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Foss Beach

Foss Beach from directly overhead

Foss Beach is a beach in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Stratham Hill stands 88 m to the west-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Rye North Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. Coastal Byway runs past it.

About

The story

beach in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States

Wikidata Q34753895, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.00787, -70.74266

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Outer Marker Park: 1.0 mi
  • Wallis Sands State Park: 1.5 mi
  • Wallis Sands State Park: 1.5 mi
  • Maple Haven Park: 3.1 mi
  • Community Campus: 3.1 mi
Peaks
  • Peverly Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Breakfast Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Rocky Ledge: 3.8 mi
Museums: 56
Gardens: 51
Beaches: 46
Artworks: 31
Attractions: 20
Cliffs: 17
  • Sheep's Rock: 11.3 mi
  • Dover Bluff: 13.0 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 14.7 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 14.8 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 14.8 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Hampton Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Second Falls: 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Birthday Bay: 2.8 mi
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 7.9 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 7.9 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 8.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 7.8 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 7.8 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 11.0 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 11.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 18.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 4
  • Jailhouse Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Rail Spring: 18.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Foss Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stratham HillWNW 286°88 m7.7 mi
Great HillNNW 348°87 m10.9 mi
Jewell HillWNW 282°81 m7.8 mi
Great HillSW 230°74 m10.2 mi
Raitt HillN 350°74 m10.8 mi
Oakland HillW 277°73 m11.4 mi
Long HillWNW 282°70 m7.4 mi
Great HillWNW 292°65 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0519:4320:26
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1215:2616:12

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, 4 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Jaffrey Point, NH, 4 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1107488622

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