Tucke Monument
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Tucke Monument is a historic site, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Third Hill stands 104 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Capt. John Smith Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Coastal Byway passes 6.6 miles off.
The story
The Tucke Monument is a 46.5-foot-tall (14.2 m) obelisk gravestone monument erected in 1914 to honor Reverend John Tucke (1702–1773). The monument is located on Star Island, New Hampshire, where Tucke was a minister, judge, educator, physician, and in his probate record, "owner" of a 12-year-old black girl by the name of Diana, valued at 20 pounds. The Tucke Monument is the tallest gravestone in the state of New Hampshire, far surpassing the 28-foot-tall (8.5 m) gravestone of Frank Jones located in Portsmouth.
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Wikidata Q7851035, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 10.0 mi off the Independence Byway
- 17.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 19 mi
- Eagle Rock · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wallis Sands State Park: 6.8 mi
- Fort Foster Park: 7.4 mi
- Outer Marker Park: 7.5 mi
- North Side Park: 9.0 mi
- Clough Field: 9.6 mi
- Capt. John Smith Monument: 0.0 mi
- Pulpit Rock Tower: 6.7 mi
- 1614 Monument: 6.8 mi
- Fishermans Shack: 6.9 mi
- Battery 204: 7.0 mi
- Boatswain Hill: 8.4 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 9.0 mi
- Peverly Hill: 9.7 mi
- Rocky Ledge: 9.9 mi
- Breakfast Hill: 10.1 mi
- Seacoast Science Center: 7.0 mi
- Wood Island Life Saving Station: 7.4 mi
- Town Museum and Rye Historical Society: 8.5 mi
- New Castle, NH Historical Society: 8.5 mi
- Fort McClary: 8.8 mi
- Fuller Gardens: 8.2 mi
- Fort Constitution Historic Site: 8.2 mi
- Triple Giant Slides: 9.5 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 10.2 mi
- Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 11.5 mi
- Rye North Beach: 6.7 mi
- Pirates Cove Beach: 6.8 mi
- Wallis Sands Beach: 6.8 mi
- Foss Beach: 6.9 mi
- Jenness Beach: 7.5 mi
- Trial Gardens: 9.8 mi
- Goodwin Garden: 9.9 mi
- Presscott Park Formal Garden: 9.9 mi
- Victory Gardens: 9.9 mi
- Liberty Gardens: 9.9 mi
- Gulf of Maine Cod Spawning Protection Area: 6.6 mi
- Seavey Acres: 7.8 mi
- Rye Town Forest: 7.8 mi
- Marden Woods: 8.0 mi
- Seapoint Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Bones: 7.0 mi
- Great Blue Heron and Cormorant Sculpture: 9.4 mi
- My Mother the Wind: 9.8 mi
- Fisherman’s Luck: 9.9 mi
- Chestnut Street Arch: 10.1 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 8.2 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 8.2 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 13.1 mi
- Front Range Light: 17.0 mi
- Cape Ann Light (Twin Lights): 23.3 mi
- Hampton Falls: 13.7 mi
- Great Falls: 16.7 mi
- Lower Falls: 16.8 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 18.4 mi
- Second Falls: 19.1 mi
- Dover Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Sheep's Rock: 13.9 mi
- York Cliffs: 15.2 mi
- Bald Head Cliff: 17.0 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 20.4 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Birthday Bay: 9.5 mi
- Front Pavilion: 14.8 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 14.8 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 14.9 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 12.8 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 12.9 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 14.9 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.8 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 17.4 mi
- Lion's Spring: 19.7 mi
- Rail Spring: 19.9 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 24.1 mi
- Dogtown: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Tucke Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Third Hill | NNW 329° | 104 m | 16.1 mi |
| Horse Hills | NNW 343° | 98 m | 16.5 mi |
| Groundnut Hill | N 353° | 93 m | 16.3 mi |
| Stratham Hill | WNW 288° | 88 m | 14.6 mi |
| Jewell Hill | WNW 285° | 81 m | 14.7 mi |
| Great Hill | WSW 253° | 74 m | 15.0 mi |
| Raitt Hill | NNW 327° | 74 m | 15.4 mi |
| Grape Hill | WSW 248° | 69 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:42 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:25 | 16:11 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357728391
Day trips start here
- Portsmouth · 10 mi
- York · 13 mi
- Newburyport · 17 mi
- Amesbury · 18 mi
- Ogunquit · 19 mi
- Dover · 20 mi
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