Nature reserve · New Hampshire
Brackett Brook Wildlife Management Area
Brackett Brook Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Stratham Hill stands 88 m to the south-southwest, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Bay Discovery Center, a museum 1.2 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 5.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- NH Fish & Game
How to reach it
Coordinates43.05815, -70.87332
- 5.7 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 6.0 mi off the Independence Byway
- 17.1 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 24.6 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge: 1.4 mi
- Gordon Barker Town Forest: 1.8 mi
- Crommet Creek Wildlife Management Area: 1.9 mi
- Crommet Creek Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
- Squamscott River Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
- Stratham Veterans' Memorial Garden: 1.5 mi
- Adam's Family Monument: 2.3 mi
- Remembrance Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Chick's Weir: 3.4 mi
- No. 2 Mill: 3.5 mi
Parks
- Stratham Hill Park: 1.5 mi
- Caswell Park: 1.7 mi
- Russell A. Robinson Winnicut Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Town Square: 2.5 mi
- Remembrance Park: 2.7 mi
Peaks
- Stratham Hill: 1.5 mi
- Hoyt Hill: 1.7 mi
- Long Hill: 2.0 mi
- Long Hill: 2.2 mi
- Jewell Hill: 2.2 mi
Museums: 59
- Great Bay Discovery Center: 1.2 mi
- Old Parsonage Museum: 3.4 mi
- Stone School Museum: 3.6 mi
- USS Albacore Museum: 5.6 mi
- Jackson House: 5.6 mi
Gardens: 49
- The Colonial Gardens at the Weeks Brick House: 2.2 mi
- Great Bay Community Wildlife Garden: 3.0 mi
- Wagon Hill Farm Community Gardens: 4.9 mi
- MUB Garden: 6.0 mi
- Pocket Garden: 6.0 mi
Beaches: 40
- Foss Beach: 7.5 mi
- Jenness Beach: 7.5 mi
- Pirates Cove Beach: 7.6 mi
- Rye North Beach: 7.6 mi
- Wallis Sands Beach: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 33
- Why We Love Newmarket: 3.5 mi
- Chestnut Street Arch: 5.9 mi
- Hope Is A Discipline: 6.0 mi
- Dance Of The Ray: 6.1 mi
- Mag8libo: 6.1 mi
Attractions: 19
- Triple Giant Slides: 4.9 mi
- Wagon: 4.9 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 6.0 mi
- Powder House: 6.3 mi
- Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Piscassic Falls: 4.1 mi
- Second Falls: 5.0 mi
- Packer's Falls: 5.0 mi
- Lower Falls: 6.4 mi
- Great Falls: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Coffin's Cut: 9.4 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 9.4 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 9.4 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 9.5 mi
- Sheep's Rock: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- Front Pavilion: 1.5 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 1.6 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 1.7 mi
- Stratham Town Landing: 4.8 mi
- Birthday Bay: 4.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 8.3 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 8.6 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 12.0 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 12.3 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 17.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Oil House: 8.3 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 8.3 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 8.4 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 16.0 mi
- Front Range Light: 17.0 mi
Springs: 4
- Jailhouse Spring: 6.4 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 10.6 mi
- Lion's Spring: 14.9 mi
- Rail Spring: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Brackett Brook Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratham Hill | SSW 213° | 88 m | 1.5 mi |
| Great Hill | NNE 30° | 87 m | 8.4 mi |
| Beech Hill | NNW 332° | 86 m | 7.8 mi |
| Bald Hill | W 268° | 83 m | 6.8 mi |
| Jewell Hill | SSW 209° | 81 m | 2.2 mi |
| Layne Hill | NW 319° | 76 m | 8.1 mi |
| Burley Hill | W 274° | 75 m | 8.0 mi |
| Oakland Hill | WSW 247° | 73 m | 5.2 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.
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Day trips start here
- Portsmouth · 6 mi
- Dover · 10 mi
- York · 13 mi
- Amesbury · 14 mi
- Newburyport · 17 mi
- Deerfield · 18 mi
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