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Carved Bench

Carved Bench from directly overhead

Carved Bench is a historic site in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Huckleberry Hill stands 152 m to the northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mills Hall Lawn, a park 0.1 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 9.3 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates43.13413, -70.92640

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mills Hall Lawn: 0.1 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 0.3 mi
  • Tot Lot: 0.4 mi
  • Mill Pond Dam: 0.4 mi
  • Town Landing: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 58
Beaches: 44
Artworks: 34
Gardens: 27
Attractions: 19
  • Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 2.4 mi
  • Wagon: 2.8 mi
  • Mast Way Trails: 4.1 mi
  • New England Dragway: 9.1 mi
  • Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Second Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Packer's Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Hook Island Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Coffin's Cut: 4.6 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 4.6 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 4.7 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 4.7 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • SERCs A & B Greenspace: 0.5 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 6.6 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 6.7 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 6.7 mi
  • Stratham Town Landing: 8.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 13.9 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 14.2 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 17.4 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 17.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.9 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Carved Bench. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Huckleberry HillNW 318°152 m8.3 mi
Peavy HillW 266°131 m8.2 mi
Beauty HillNW 312°114 m6.5 mi
Green HillNNW 340°112 m6.6 mi
Third HillENE 69°104 m7.9 mi
Berrys HillNNW 331°96 m8.4 mi
Long HillN 0°90 m6.7 mi
Peaked HillWNW 302°90 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0519:4420:28
September equinox06:3218:0518:43
December solstice07:1315:2616:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465665716962503929
Precip in2.73.03.54.13.64.04.03.84.04.73.94.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6833149100

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