Museum · New Hampshire
Great Bay Discovery Center
Great Bay Discovery Center is a museum in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Stratham Hill stands 88 m to the south-southeast, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Squamscott River Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Independence Byway passes 5.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
How to reach it
Coordinates43.05506, -70.89731
- 5.4 mi off the Independence Byway
- 6.9 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 17.0 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 24.5 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
Historic sites
- Stratham Veterans' Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
- Chick's Weir: 2.5 mi
- Birthplace of the Timberland Boot: 2.6 mi
- No. 5 Mill: 2.6 mi
- Newmarket Memorial Pavilion: 2.6 mi
Parks
- Stratham Hill Park: 1.1 mi
- Richard Schanda Conservation Park: 2.5 mi
- Caswell Park: 2.7 mi
- Beaulieu Field: 2.8 mi
- Beanie Howcroft Field: 2.8 mi
Peaks
- Stratham Hill: 1.1 mi
- Jewell Hill: 1.7 mi
- Jeffs Hill: 1.7 mi
- Long Hill: 1.8 mi
- Long Hill: 2.1 mi
Museums: 59
- Stone School Museum: 2.6 mi
- Old Parsonage Museum: 4.4 mi
- Gilman Garrison House: 5.7 mi
- Ladd-Gilman House: 5.7 mi
- American Independence Museum: 5.7 mi
Gardens: 50
- Great Bay Community Wildlife Garden: 1.8 mi
- The Colonial Gardens at the Weeks Brick House: 3.1 mi
- Wagon Hill Farm Community Gardens: 5.3 mi
- MUB Garden: 5.8 mi
- UNH Butterfly Garden: 6.5 mi
Beaches: 40
- Jenness Beach: 8.4 mi
- Foss Beach: 8.5 mi
- Sawyers Beach: 8.5 mi
- Philbricks Beach: 8.6 mi
- Rye North Beach: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 33
- Why We Love Newmarket: 2.6 mi
- Founders Gate: 5.6 mi
- Hope Is A Discipline: 5.7 mi
- Dance Of The Ray: 5.8 mi
- Girder Sculpture: 5.8 mi
Attractions: 19
- Wagon: 5.3 mi
- Powder House: 5.4 mi
- Triple Giant Slides: 6.0 mi
- New England Dragway: 6.8 mi
- Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 7.1 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Piscassic Falls: 3.2 mi
- Second Falls: 4.3 mi
- Packer's Falls: 4.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 5.6 mi
- Great Falls: 5.6 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Coffin's Cut: 9.6 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 9.6 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 9.7 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 9.7 mi
- Sheep's Rock: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- Front Pavilion: 1.0 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 1.0 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 1.1 mi
- Stratham Town Landing: 3.9 mi
- SERCs A & B Greenspace: 5.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 8.3 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 8.5 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 12.1 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 17.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Oil House: 9.6 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 9.6 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 9.6 mi
- Front Range Light: 16.9 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 17.2 mi
Springs: 4
- Jailhouse Spring: 5.5 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 10.1 mi
- Lion's Spring: 14.3 mi
- Rail Spring: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Great Bay Discovery Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratham Hill | SSE 160° | 88 m | 1.1 mi |
| Beech Hill | NNW 341° | 86 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bald Hill | W 270° | 83 m | 5.5 mi |
| Jewell Hill | S 174° | 81 m | 1.7 mi |
| Layne Hill | NNW 327° | 76 m | 7.6 mi |
| Burley Hill | W 277° | 75 m | 6.8 mi |
| Oakland Hill | WSW 243° | 73 m | 4.0 mi |
| Dimond Hill | W 271° | 72 m | 6.8 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 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/685022604
Day trips start here
- Portsmouth · 7 mi
- Dover · 10 mi
- Amesbury · 14 mi
- York · 15 mi
- Deerfield · 17 mi
- Newburyport · 17 mi
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