North Hampton Beach

North Hampton Beach is a beach in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Plaice Cove Beach, a beach 0.5 miles away. Coastal Byway runs past it.
The story
beach in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
Wikidata Q49322289, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- On the Coastal Byway
- 2.1 mi off the Independence Byway
- 11.1 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 29.3 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 13 mi
- Eagle Rock · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fuller Gardens: 0.6 mi
- Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 4.2 mi
- Triple Giant Slides: 5.6 mi
- EDALHAB: 7.1 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 8.7 mi
- North Side Park: 0.6 mi
- Ship Rock: 1.2 mi
- North Beach: 1.7 mi
- 5 Corners Park: 2.2 mi
- Hampton Recreation Park: 2.8 mi
- Boeis Wildlife Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Hampton Town Forest: 1.4 mi
- Oliver Brook Trail: 1.5 mi
- Little River Conservancy: 1.6 mi
- Myers Property: 1.6 mi
- Rocky Ledge: 2.3 mi
- Hemp Plain Hill: 2.5 mi
- Drake Hill: 3.2 mi
- Keene Hill: 3.3 mi
- Coffin Hill: 3.5 mi
- Tuck Museum: 3.1 mi
- Town Museum and Rye Historical Society: 4.0 mi
- Hampton Falls Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- The Science & Nature Center at Seabrook Station: 5.5 mi
- Seacoast Science Center: 7.1 mi
- Marine Memorial: 3.2 mi
- 1614 Monument: 3.7 mi
- Lafayette Trail: 5.0 mi
- North Tree Marker: 5.1 mi
- Remembrance Memorial: 5.9 mi
- The Colonial Gardens at the Weeks Brick House: 6.4 mi
- Salisbury Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Goodwin Garden: 8.4 mi
- Pocket Garden: 8.5 mi
- Trial Gardens: 8.5 mi
- Plaice Cove Beach: 0.5 mi
- Plaice Cove: 0.9 mi
- Philbricks Beach: 1.7 mi
- North Beach: 1.8 mi
- Sawyers Beach: 1.9 mi
- Bones: 7.1 mi
- Great Blue Heron and Cormorant Sculpture: 8.2 mi
- Founders Gate: 8.4 mi
- Chestnut Street Arch: 8.4 mi
- Fisherman’s Luck: 8.6 mi
- Sheep's Rock: 7.2 mi
- Dover Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 17.3 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 17.3 mi
- Bar Head Cliff: 17.3 mi
- Oil House: 8.8 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 8.8 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 8.8 mi
- Front Range Light: 10.8 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 17.4 mi
- Hampton Falls: 5.4 mi
- Great Falls: 8.4 mi
- Lower Falls: 8.5 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 12.2 mi
- Second Falls: 13.4 mi
- Birthday Bay: 5.6 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 8.2 mi
- Front Pavilion: 8.2 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 8.2 mi
- Stratham Town Landing: 8.7 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 4.3 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 4.3 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 7.0 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 7.4 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 14.8 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 9.1 mi
- Lion's Spring: 11.7 mi
- Rail Spring: 14.2 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 19.1 mi
- Dogtown: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of North Hampton Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powow Hill | SW 232° | 99 m | 10.0 mi |
| Chair Hill | WSW 241° | 93 m | 9.6 mi |
| Indian Ground Hill | WSW 248° | 91 m | 10.1 mi |
| Moulton Ridge | W 264° | 90 m | 9.9 mi |
| Stratham Hill | NW 317° | 88 m | 8.0 mi |
| Martin Hill | WSW 255° | 82 m | 10.2 mi |
| Jewell Hill | NW 313° | 81 m | 7.7 mi |
| Weymouth Hill | WSW 254° | 76 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:26 | 16:12 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 27 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenland, 5 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Hampton Harbor, NH, 5 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/269745604
Day trips start here
- Portsmouth · 8 mi
- Amesbury · 10 mi
- Newburyport · 11 mi
- York · 16 mi
- Dover · 17 mi
- Groveland · 18 mi
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