Pulpit Rock Tower
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Pulpit Rock Tower is a historic site in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Third Hill stands 104 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Wallis Sands Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away. Coastal Byway runs past it.
The story
Historic military observation tower on the Atlantic coast in New Hampshire.
Wikidata Q18157054, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- On the Coastal Byway
- 8.4 mi off the Independence Byway
- 17.3 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 29.0 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 19 mi
- Eagle Rock · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wallis Sands State Park: 0.6 mi
- Fort Foster Park: 2.8 mi
- Clough Field: 2.9 mi
- Outer Marker Park: 3.1 mi
- Lafayette Playground: 3.2 mi
- Fishermans Shack: 0.7 mi
- Battery 204: 0.8 mi
- Founder's Monument: 1.0 mi
- Battery Seaman: 1.2 mi
- Fort Dearborn: 1.2 mi
- Boatswain Hill: 2.2 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 2.3 mi
- Peverly Hill: 3.1 mi
- Breakfast Hill: 4.9 mi
- Hobbs Hill: 5.0 mi
- Seacoast Science Center: 0.9 mi
- Wood Island Life Saving Station: 2.4 mi
- New Castle, NH Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Town Museum and Rye Historical Society: 3.1 mi
- Lady Pepperell House Museum: 3.3 mi
- Seavey Acres: 1.1 mi
- Creek Farm Reservation: 2.0 mi
- Marden Woods: 2.2 mi
- Urban Forestry Center: 2.4 mi
- Sagamore Creek Headlands: 2.5 mi
- Wallis Sands Beach: 0.6 mi
- Pirates Cove Beach: 1.0 mi
- Rye North Beach: 1.7 mi
- Foss Beach: 2.1 mi
- Jenness Beach: 3.8 mi
- Trial Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Goodwin Garden: 3.3 mi
- Victory Gardens: 3.4 mi
- Presscott Park Formal Garden: 3.4 mi
- Liberty Gardens: 3.4 mi
- Bones: 0.9 mi
- Great Blue Heron and Cormorant Sculpture: 2.9 mi
- My Mother the Wind: 3.4 mi
- Fisherman’s Luck: 3.4 mi
- Chestnut Street Arch: 3.5 mi
- Fort Constitution Historic Site: 2.7 mi
- Triple Giant Slides: 3.1 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 3.7 mi
- Fuller Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Take Flight: 6.7 mi
- Dover Bluff: 10.9 mi
- York Cliffs: 12.9 mi
- Sheep's Rock: 13.4 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 13.9 mi
- Bald Head Cliff: 14.8 mi
- Hampton Falls: 11.4 mi
- Great Falls: 11.9 mi
- Lower Falls: 11.9 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 12.0 mi
- Second Falls: 12.5 mi
- Birthday Bay: 3.1 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Front Pavilion: 8.7 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 8.7 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 8.9 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 9.8 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 9.9 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 20.7 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 2.7 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 2.7 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 11.2 mi
- Front Range Light: 17.0 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 12.4 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 17.4 mi
- Lion's Spring: 17.6 mi
- Rail Spring: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Pulpit Rock Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Third Hill | NNW 343° | 104 m | 10.2 mi |
| Horse Hills | N 2° | 98 m | 11.8 mi |
| Stratham Hill | W 273° | 88 m | 8.6 mi |
| Great Hill | NNW 339° | 87 m | 9.6 mi |
| Jewell Hill | W 269° | 81 m | 8.8 mi |
| Raitt Hill | NNW 341° | 74 m | 9.4 mi |
| Swasey Hill | NNW 346° | 69 m | 11.1 mi |
| Rocky Hills | NNW 344° | 69 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:25 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 10000188OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Pulpit Rock Base-End Station (N. 142), reference 10000188, listed 04/16/10.
OpenStreetMap element way/62412785
Day trips start here
- Portsmouth · 3 mi
- York · 10 mi
- Dover · 14 mi
- Amesbury · 16 mi
- Ogunquit · 16 mi
- Newburyport · 17 mi
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