Nature reserve · New Hampshire
Durham Town Forest
Durham Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Beauty Hill stands 114 m to the northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Crommet Creek Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 7.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Durham
How to reach it
Coordinates43.12294, -70.90126
- 7.8 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 10.0 mi off the Independence Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 21.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Crommet Creek Wildlife Management Area: 0.5 mi
- Durham Point Sedge Meadow: 0.7 mi
- Crommet Creek Wildlife Management Area: 0.7 mi
- Dame Forest: 1.0 mi
- Ryan Forest: 1.0 mi
Parks
- Jackson's Landing: 1.0 mi
- General Sullivan Park: 1.0 mi
- Town Landing: 1.0 mi
- Mill Pond Dam: 1.0 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
- Carved Bench: 1.5 mi
- East-West Park: 1.6 mi
- Benjamin Thompson Dedication Plaque: 1.8 mi
- Suutari Baker Memorial Bench;Peaper-Fillyaw Memorial Bench: 1.8 mi
- The Class of 1906: 1.8 mi
Peaks
- Reservoir Hill: 2.8 mi
- Jeffs Hill: 3.1 mi
- Knight Hill: 3.3 mi
- Beech Hill: 3.3 mi
- Pudding Hill: 3.3 mi
Museums: 60
- Stone School Museum: 3.5 mi
- Old Parsonage Museum: 3.9 mi
- Great Bay Discovery Center: 4.7 mi
- Children's Museum of New Hampshire: 5.2 mi
- Raitt Homestead Farm Museum: 5.5 mi
Beaches: 43
- Wallis Sands Beach: 10.9 mi
- Pirates Cove Beach: 11.1 mi
- Foss Beach: 11.3 mi
- Rye North Beach: 11.3 mi
- Nottingham Town Beach: 11.3 mi
Artworks: 34
- Hope Is A Discipline: 1.8 mi
- A World Alive by Sculptor Walter Liff: 1.8 mi
- Dance Of The Ray: 1.8 mi
- Mag8libo: 1.8 mi
- Spider Statue: 1.9 mi
Gardens: 28
- Wagon Hill Farm Community Gardens: 1.4 mi
- MUB Garden: 1.7 mi
- UNH Butterfly Garden: 2.7 mi
- Great Bay Community Wildlife Garden: 5.9 mi
- The Colonial Gardens at the Weeks Brick House: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 19
- Wagon: 1.6 mi
- Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 3.8 mi
- Mast Way Trails: 5.4 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 7.8 mi
- Triple Giant Slides: 8.5 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Second Falls: 2.6 mi
- Packer's Falls: 2.9 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 3.6 mi
- Hook Island Falls: 4.3 mi
- Wadleigh's Falls: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Coffin's Cut: 4.9 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 4.9 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 5.0 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 5.0 mi
- Upper Cliff: 14.0 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- SERCs A & B Greenspace: 1.9 mi
- Front Pavilion: 5.6 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 5.7 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 5.7 mi
- Stratham Town Landing: 8.2 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 12.9 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 13.2 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Marine Safety Detachment: 10.3 mi
- Oil House: 10.3 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 10.4 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 15.9 mi
- Front Range Light: 21.6 mi
Springs: 3
- Two Sisters Spring: 6.4 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 9.8 mi
- Lion's Spring: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Durham Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beauty Hill | NW 310° | 114 m | 8.0 mi |
| Green Hill | NNW 333° | 112 m | 7.8 mi |
| Third Hill | ENE 60° | 104 m | 7.1 mi |
| Long Hill | N 350° | 90 m | 7.5 mi |
| Garrison Hill | NNE 15° | 89 m | 6.2 mi |
| Stratham Hill | S 174° | 88 m | 5.8 mi |
| Great Hill | ENE 64° | 87 m | 6.3 mi |
| Beech Hill | NW 317° | 86 m | 3.3 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–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham 2 SSW, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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