Seacoast Science Center
Seacoast Science Center is a museum in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Horse Hills stands 118 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bones, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Coastal Byway runs past it.
The story
nonprofit organization in Rye, United States
Dates from 1992.
Wikidata Q30258941, matched on coordinates and name (17 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Coastal Byway
- 9.2 mi off the Independence Byway
- 18.2 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 28.4 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 20 mi
- Eagle Rock · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Battery 204: 0.1 mi
- Fishermans Shack: 0.2 mi
- Founder's Monument: 0.2 mi
- Battery Seaman: 0.5 mi
- Fort Dearborn: 0.5 mi
- Seavey Acres: 1.3 mi
- Creek Farm Reservation: 1.6 mi
- Sagamore Creek Headlands: 2.4 mi
- Urban Forestry Center: 2.5 mi
- Fairchild Conservation Easement: 2.9 mi
- Wallis Sands State Park: 1.4 mi
- Wallis Sands State Park: 1.5 mi
- Fort Foster Park: 2.0 mi
- Clough Field: 2.6 mi
- Haven Park: 2.8 mi
- Boatswain Hill: 1.5 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 2.1 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 2.5 mi
- Peverly Hill: 3.3 mi
- Hobbs Hill: 4.8 mi
- Wood Island Life Saving Station: 1.5 mi
- New Castle, NH Historical Society: 1.8 mi
- Lady Pepperell House Museum: 2.5 mi
- Fort McClary: 2.6 mi
- Strawbery Banke Museum: 2.9 mi
- Trial Gardens: 2.8 mi
- Goodwin Garden: 2.9 mi
- Presscott Park Formal Garden: 2.9 mi
- Victory Gardens: 2.9 mi
- Community Gardens: 2.9 mi
- Wallis Sands Beach: 1.4 mi
- Pirates Cove Beach: 1.9 mi
- Rye North Beach: 2.6 mi
- Foss Beach: 3.0 mi
- Crescent Beach: 3.7 mi
- Bones: 0.0 mi
- Great Blue Heron and Cormorant Sculpture: 2.4 mi
- My Mother the Wind: 2.8 mi
- Fisherman’s Luck: 2.9 mi
- Chestnut Street Arch: 3.1 mi
- EDALHAB: 0.0 mi
- Fort Constitution Historic Site: 1.8 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 3.2 mi
- Triple Giant Slides: 3.5 mi
- Take Flight: 5.8 mi
- Dover Bluff: 10.1 mi
- York Cliffs: 12.1 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 13.4 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 13.4 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 13.5 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 12.1 mi
- Hampton Falls: 12.2 mi
- Great Falls: 12.4 mi
- Second Falls: 12.5 mi
- Lower Falls: 12.5 mi
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Birthday Bay: 3.5 mi
- Front Pavilion: 9.0 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 9.1 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 9.2 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 10.6 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 10.7 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 13.9 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.5 mi
- Oil House: 1.8 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 1.8 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 1.8 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 10.4 mi
- Front Range Light: 17.9 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 12.9 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 17.2 mi
- Lion's Spring: 18.4 mi
- Rail Spring: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Seacoast Science Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Hills | N 3° | 118 m | 11.5 mi |
| Third Hill | NNW 340° | 104 m | 9.5 mi |
| Horse Hills | N 1° | 98 m | 11.0 mi |
| Groundnut Hill | NNE 15° | 93 m | 11.8 mi |
| Stratham Hill | W 267° | 88 m | 8.9 mi |
| Great Hill | NNW 335° | 87 m | 8.9 mi |
| Jewell Hill | W 264° | 81 m | 9.1 mi |
| Raitt Hill | NNW 338° | 74 m | 8.7 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/217487430
Day trips start here
- Portsmouth · 3 mi
- York · 9 mi
- Dover · 13 mi
- Ogunquit · 15 mi
- Amesbury · 17 mi
- Newburyport · 18 mi
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