UNH Butterfly Garden
UNH Butterfly Garden is a garden in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Bumfagging Hill stands 169 m to the west-northwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is College Woods, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 10 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- UNH Butterfly Garden Club
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 11.0 mi off the Independence Byway
- 18.3 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 23.2 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- College Woods: 0.5 mi
- College Woods Natural Area: 0.5 mi
- Ellis Oyster River Reserve: 1.0 mi
- Oyster River Forest: 1.1 mi
- Stolworthy Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 0.7 mi
- Beech Hill: 1.2 mi
- Demeritt Hill: 1.4 mi
- Layne Hill: 1.6 mi
- Hicks Hill: 1.9 mi
- Thompson Monument: 0.8 mi
- 1906 Dedication Rock: 0.8 mi
- Suutari Baker Memorial Bench;Peaper-Fillyaw Memorial Bench: 0.9 mi
- The Class of 1906: 0.9 mi
- Benjamin Thompson Dedication Plaque: 0.9 mi
- Mills Hall Lawn: 1.1 mi
- Woodridge Park: 1.2 mi
- Oyster River Park: 1.3 mi
- Tot Lot: 1.4 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 1.5 mi
- Stone School Museum: 4.3 mi
- Children's Museum of New Hampshire: 5.3 mi
- Great Bay Discovery Center: 6.5 mi
- Old Parsonage Museum: 6.6 mi
- Raitt Homestead Farm Museum: 7.2 mi
- Nottingham Town Beach: 9.2 mi
- Wallis Sands Beach: 13.6 mi
- Pirates Cove Beach: 13.7 mi
- Foss Beach: 13.9 mi
- Rye North Beach: 13.9 mi
- Wildcat Statue: 0.7 mi
- Conglomerate Rock Sculpture: 0.8 mi
- Spider Statue: 0.8 mi
- Girder Sculpture: 0.8 mi
- Mag8libo: 0.9 mi
- MUB Garden: 1.0 mi
- Wagon Hill Farm Community Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Bedrock Gardens: 5.8 mi
- Great Bay Community Wildlife Garden: 7.2 mi
- Somersworth Community Garden: 8.8 mi
- Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 1.2 mi
- Mast Way Trails: 3.2 mi
- Wagon: 4.0 mi
- New England Dragway: 9.0 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 10.5 mi
- Second Falls: 2.5 mi
- Packer's Falls: 2.6 mi
- Hook Island Falls: 2.7 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 4.1 mi
- Wadleigh's Falls: 4.5 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 4.7 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 4.7 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 4.9 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 4.9 mi
- Upper Cliff: 11.7 mi
- SERCs A & B Greenspace: 0.8 mi
- Front Pavilion: 7.5 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 7.5 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 7.5 mi
- Stratham Town Landing: 9.3 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 14.7 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 15.0 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.2 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 13.0 mi
- Oil House: 13.0 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 13.0 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 18.1 mi
- Front Range Light: 23.2 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 3.8 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 10.7 mi
- Lion's Spring: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of UNH Butterfly Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bumfagging Hill | WNW 295° | 169 m | 8.6 mi |
| Sunnyside Hill | NW 315° | 153 m | 8.1 mi |
| Huckleberry Hill | NW 322° | 152 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Misery | NW 311° | 151 m | 8.5 mi |
| Merry Hill | WNW 286° | 146 m | 7.2 mi |
| Isinglass Hill | WSW 252° | 137 m | 8.1 mi |
| Peavy Hill | W 261° | 131 m | 7.2 mi |
| Redoak Hill | SW 228° | 119 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 19:44 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:26 | 16:12 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham, under a mile away.
- eastern hemlock784 obs
- American beech679 obs
- partridgeberry658 obs
- Canada mayflower504 obs
- eastern white pine442 obs
- Ghost Pipe255 obs
- alder buckthorn237 obs
- red maple210 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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