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Durham Point Sedge Meadow

Durham Point Sedge Meadow from directly overhead

Durham Point Sedge Meadow is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Third Hill stands 104 m to the northeast, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ryan Forest, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 7.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
The Nature Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.11659, -70.89070

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Jackson's Landing: 1.6 mi
  • General Sullivan Park: 1.7 mi
  • Town Landing: 1.7 mi
  • Mill Pond Dam: 1.7 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Knight Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Jeffs Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Hoyt Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Reservoir Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Huckleberry Hill: 3.7 mi
Museums: 60
Gardens: 48
Beaches: 41
Artworks: 34
Attractions: 19
  • Wagon: 1.3 mi
  • Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 4.5 mi
  • Mast Way Trails: 5.9 mi
  • Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 7.2 mi
  • Triple Giant Slides: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Second Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Packer's Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Hook Island Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 6.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Coffin's Cut: 5.3 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 5.3 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 5.4 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 5.4 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 14.5 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • SERCs A & B Greenspace: 2.6 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 5.2 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 5.3 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 5.3 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 7.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 12.4 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 12.7 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 16.0 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.2 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 4
  • Two Sisters Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Rail Spring: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Durham Point Sedge Meadow. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Third HillNE 54°104 m6.9 mi
Long HillNNW 347°90 m8.1 mi
Garrison HillN 9°89 m6.5 mi
Stratham HillS 179°88 m5.3 mi
Great HillENE 58°87 m6.0 mi
Beech HillNW 316°86 m4.0 mi
Bald HillSW 234°83 m7.2 mi
Jewell HillS 182°81 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0519:4420:27
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1315:2616:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634455564706860493930
Precip in3.43.54.64.03.84.03.73.44.04.34.04.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham 2 SSW, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/540120477

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