Nature reserve · New Hampshire
Creek Farm Reservation
Creek Farm Reservation is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Horse Hills stands 118 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sagamore Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 0.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
How to reach it
Coordinates43.05913, -70.73975
- 0.4 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 9.0 mi off the Independence Byway
- 18.5 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 26.9 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 21 mi
- Eagle Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Sagamore Hill: 0.6 mi
- Boatswain Hill: 0.9 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 1.1 mi
- Peverly Hill: 2.3 mi
- Hobbs Hill: 3.2 mi
Parks
- Clough Field: 1.0 mi
- Haven Park: 1.3 mi
- Prescott Park: 1.3 mi
- Aldrich Park: 1.4 mi
- Lafayette Playground: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
- Battery Seaman: 1.1 mi
- Fort Dearborn: 1.1 mi
- Fishermen's Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Fort Stark State Historic Site: 1.4 mi
- Founder's Monument: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Sagamore Creek Headlands: 1.2 mi
- Seavey Acres: 1.2 mi
- Urban Forestry Center: 1.4 mi
- Kittery Open Space: 2.0 mi
- Cook Preserve: 2.2 mi
Museums: 59
- Strawbery Banke Museum: 1.3 mi
- New Castle, NH Historical Society: 1.4 mi
- Rundlet-May House Museum: 1.4 mi
- Warner House Museum: 1.5 mi
- John Paul Jones House: 1.5 mi
Gardens: 47
- Trial Gardens: 1.3 mi
- Goodwin Garden: 1.3 mi
- Victory Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Presscott Park Formal Garden: 1.4 mi
- Liberty Gardens: 1.4 mi
Beaches: 45
- Wallis Sands Beach: 2.3 mi
- Pirates Cove Beach: 2.6 mi
- Rye North Beach: 3.2 mi
- Foss Beach: 3.5 mi
- Crescent Beach: 4.2 mi
Artworks: 32
- Great Blue Heron and Cormorant Sculpture: 0.9 mi
- My Mother the Wind: 1.3 mi
- Fisherman’s Luck: 1.4 mi
- Chestnut Street Arch: 1.5 mi
- Bones: 1.6 mi
Attractions: 16
- EDALHAB: 1.6 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 1.7 mi
- Fort Constitution Historic Site: 1.7 mi
- Triple Giant Slides: 2.7 mi
- Take Flight: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 15
- Dover Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 11.9 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 11.9 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 11.9 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Piscassic Falls: 10.6 mi
- Second Falls: 10.9 mi
- Packer's Falls: 11.1 mi
- Great Falls: 11.7 mi
- Lower Falls: 11.7 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Fort McClary Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- Birthday Bay: 2.7 mi
- Front Pavilion: 7.8 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 7.9 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 8.0 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 10.4 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 10.6 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 14.4 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.4 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Oil House: 1.8 mi
- Marine Safety Detachment: 1.8 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 1.8 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 10.5 mi
- Front Range Light: 18.2 mi
Springs: 4
- Jailhouse Spring: 12.0 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 15.6 mi
- Lion's Spring: 18.2 mi
- Rail Spring: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Creek Farm Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Hills | N 11° | 118 m | 10.7 mi |
| Third Hill | NNW 346° | 104 m | 8.2 mi |
| Horse Hills | N 8° | 98 m | 10.1 mi |
| Groundnut Hill | NNE 23° | 93 m | 11.4 mi |
| Stratham Hill | W 260° | 88 m | 7.7 mi |
| Great Hill | NNW 341° | 87 m | 7.6 mi |
| Jewell Hill | WSW 256° | 81 m | 8.0 mi |
| Raitt Hill | NNW 344° | 74 m | 7.4 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 | 20:27 |
| 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1416988166
Day trips start here
- Portsmouth · 1 mi
- York · 9 mi
- Dover · 12 mi
- Ogunquit · 15 mi
- Amesbury · 17 mi
- Newburyport · 18 mi
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