Marine Memorial
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Marine Memorial is a historic site in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the west-southwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Hampton Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Coastal Byway runs past it.
The story
The New Hampshire Marine Memorial is a mid-sized statue of New England granite on a tiered granite base. Designed in Classical style by Concord, New Hampshire design expert Alice Ericson Cosgrove and sculpted by Vincenzo Andreani, the memorial, dedicated to all New Hampshire servicepersons lost at sea due to warfare, is located in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire and was dedicated May 30, 1957. The statue depicts a kneeling woman gazing out to sea, a laurel wreath in her hands. Close by the statue is a quarter-circle of granite into which are cut the names of men lost to the sea.
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Wikidata Q14705371, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- On the Coastal Byway
- 1.1 mi off the Independence Byway
- 7.9 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 27.5 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 10 mi
- Eagle Rock · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hampton Beach State Park: 0.3 mi
- Hampton Recreation Park: 1.4 mi
- Harborside Park: 1.5 mi
- North Beach: 1.5 mi
- Bound Rock State Park: 1.5 mi
- Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 1.0 mi
- Fuller Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Captain's Fishing Parties: 6.7 mi
- Market Square: 7.7 mi
- Triple Giant Slides: 8.6 mi
- Audubon Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Audubon Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Audubon Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Audubon Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Audubon Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Tuck Museum: 2.0 mi
- The Science & Nature Center at Seabrook Station: 2.6 mi
- Hampton Falls Historical Society: 3.3 mi
- Town Museum and Rye Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- Lowell's Boat Shop: 7.2 mi
- Hemp Plain Hill: 2.3 mi
- The Sands: 2.3 mi
- Third Parish Hill: 2.9 mi
- Coffin Hill: 3.7 mi
- New Zealand Hill: 4.0 mi
- Lafayette Trail: 2.8 mi
- South Dock: 3.2 mi
- North Dock: 3.6 mi
- Old Coast Guard Station: 6.7 mi
- North Tree Marker: 6.9 mi
- Hampton Beach: 0.3 mi
- South Beach: 1.0 mi
- North Beach: 1.5 mi
- Seabrook Beach: 2.1 mi
- Plaice Cove: 2.4 mi
- Salisbury Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Peace Garden: 7.6 mi
- Range Light Sculpture Garden: 7.6 mi
- Berry Labyrinth: 8.4 mi
- Alchemical Garden: 8.5 mi
- Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 7.6 mi
- Brushstrokes: 7.6 mi
- Peace Offering: 7.6 mi
- Newburyport Collage: 7.6 mi
- G-Swirl: 7.6 mi
- Sheep's Rock: 4.0 mi
- Great Neck: 14.4 mi
- Bar Head Cliff: 14.6 mi
- Coastal Bank Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Wildcat Ledge: 19.3 mi
- Front Range Light: 7.6 mi
- Oil House: 12.0 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 12.0 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 12.0 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 20.6 mi
- Hampton Falls: 3.1 mi
- Great Falls: 8.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 8.4 mi
- Newbury Falls: 12.8 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 13.7 mi
- Birthday Bay: 8.6 mi
- Stratham Town Landing: 9.2 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 9.8 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 9.8 mi
- Front Pavilion: 9.8 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 3.0 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 3.2 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 4.1 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 4.5 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 12.0 mi
- Lion's Spring: 8.9 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 9.1 mi
- Rail Spring: 11.0 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 20.9 mi
- Dogtown: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Marine Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powow Hill | WSW 243° | 99 m | 7.3 mi |
| Chair Hill | WSW 256° | 93 m | 7.3 mi |
| Indian Ground Hill | W 263° | 91 m | 8.0 mi |
| Sawyers Hill | WSW 252° | 91 m | 8.9 mi |
| Moulton Ridge | WNW 283° | 90 m | 8.6 mi |
| Martin Hill | W 272° | 82 m | 8.4 mi |
| Hog Hill | W 267° | 81 m | 8.5 mi |
| Weymouth Hill | W 273° | 76 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:43 |
| 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/6424517132
Day trips start here
- Amesbury · 7 mi
- Newburyport · 8 mi
- Portsmouth · 11 mi
- Groveland · 15 mi
- Ipswich · 16 mi
- Haverhill · 17 mi
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