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Jenness Beach

Jenness Beach from directly overhead

Jenness Beach is a beach in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Stratham Hill stands 88 m to the west-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sawyers Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away. Coastal Byway runs past it.

The story

beach in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States

Wikidata Q49321322, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.98740, -70.76015

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Outer Marker Park: 0.8 mi
  • Ship Rock: 2.9 mi
  • Wallis Sands State Park: 3.1 mi
  • North Side Park: 3.1 mi
  • Wallis Sands State Park: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums: 60
Peaks
  • Rocky Ledge: 2.5 mi
  • Breakfast Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Drake Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Peverly Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Keene Hill: 4.4 mi
Gardens: 52
Attractions: 47
Beaches: 46
Cliffs: 18
  • Sheep's Rock: 9.7 mi
  • Dover Bluff: 14.7 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 15.6 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 15.6 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Hampton Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Second Falls: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Birthday Bay: 3.5 mi
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 7.6 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 7.7 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 7.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 6.2 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 6.3 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 9.3 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 9.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 17.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Jailhouse Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Rail Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stratham HillWNW 299°88 m7.5 mi
Jewell HillWNW 294°81 m7.4 mi
Towle HillWSW 237°75 m10.9 mi
Great HillSW 233°74 m8.7 mi
Horse HillWSW 238°74 m10.3 mi
Oakland HillWNW 285°73 m10.9 mi
Long HillWNW 295°70 m7.0 mi
Grape HillSW 227°69 m10.3 mi

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.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Jaffrey Point, NH, 5 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/269728710

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