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Sawyers Beach

Sawyers Beach from directly overhead

Sawyers Beach is a beach in New Hampshire, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Stratham Hill stands 88 m to the west-northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Philbricks Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Coastal Byway runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.97938, -70.76385

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Outer Marker Park: 1.4 mi
  • Ship Rock: 2.4 mi
  • North Side Park: 2.6 mi
  • North Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Wallis Sands State Park: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 60
Peaks
  • Rocky Ledge: 2.3 mi
  • Breakfast Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Drake Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Keene Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Hemp Plain Hill: 4.1 mi
Attractions: 56
  • Fuller Gardens: 1.3 mi
  • Triple Giant Slides: 4.0 mi
  • EDALHAB: 5.2 mi
  • Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 6.1 mi
  • Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 6.9 mi
Gardens: 52
Beaches: 46
Artworks: 32
Cliffs: 18
  • Sheep's Rock: 9.1 mi
  • Dover Bluff: 15.3 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 16.0 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 16.1 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 16.1 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Hampton Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Second Falls: 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Birthday Bay: 4.0 mi
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 7.8 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 7.8 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 7.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 5.8 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 5.8 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 9.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 16.6 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 4
  • Jailhouse Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Rail Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Sawyers Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stratham HillWNW 303°88 m7.6 mi
Jewell HillWNW 298°81 m7.5 mi
Weymouth HillWSW 247°76 m10.6 mi
Towle HillWSW 239°75 m10.4 mi
Great HillSW 236°74 m8.2 mi
Horse HillWSW 240°74 m9.9 mi
Long HillWNW 300°70 m7.1 mi
Grape HillSW 229°69 m9.8 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, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1107584558

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