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Horse Chestnut

Horse Chestnut from directly overhead

Horse Chestnut is a historic site in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Mount Agamenticus stands 210 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Portsmouth Harbor Cruises, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Coastal Byway runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Material
steel
Inscription
Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum This tree was planted in 1776 when William Whipple (1730-1785 returned house from Philadelphia after signing The Declaration of Indepence.
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.07884, -70.75831

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Historic sites
Parks
  • North Mill Pond Park: 0.2 mi
  • Aldrich Park: 0.3 mi
  • Prescott Park: 0.4 mi
  • Haven Park: 0.4 mi
  • Rock Street Playground: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Sagamore Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Boatswain Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Hobbs Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Peverly Hill: 2.6 mi
Gardens: 47
Beaches: 45
Artworks: 32
Attractions: 17
Waterfalls: 14
  • Piscassic Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Second Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Packer's Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Hayes Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Dover Bluff: 9.8 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 10.2 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 10.2 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 10.2 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 10.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 3.2 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 7.2 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 7.3 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 7.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 11.1 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 11.2 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 14.8 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 15.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 4
  • Jailhouse Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Rail Spring: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Horse Chestnut. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AgamenticusNNE 18°210 m10.5 mi
Horse HillsNNE 18°118 m9.6 mi
Third HillN 351°104 m6.7 mi
Horse HillsNNE 15°98 m9.0 mi
Groundnut HillNNE 31°93 m10.6 mi
Garrison HillNNW 328°89 m10.7 mi
Stratham HillWSW 248°88 m7.2 mi
Great HillNNW 345°87 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunrise.

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0419:4320:27
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1215:2516:12

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13590914759

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