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Gallop Marsh Wildlife Management Area

Gallop Marsh Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Gallop Marsh Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 389 m. Summit stands 828 m to the east-northeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Newport Water Department Land, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 8.8 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
NH Dept of Fish & Game

How to reach it

Coordinates43.27389, -72.21134

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Museums: 29
  • Little Red Schoolhouse Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Newport Historical Society Museum: 6.6 mi
  • Washington Historical Society: 9.0 mi
  • Sunapee Historical Society: 10.0 mi
  • Flanders-Osborne Museum: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 19
Historic sites: 18
Artworks: 9
  • Newport's Golden Eagle: 6.5 mi
  • Smith's clothespin: 13.7 mi
  • Johnathan Daniels: 23.8 mi
  • Baseball: 23.9 mi
  • Pizza Wings: 23.9 mi
Covered bridges: 9
Waterfalls: 7
  • Pollard Mills Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Gleason Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Gerry's Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Sumner Falls: 21.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Table Rock: 14.9 mi
  • Baker Ledge: 17.3 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 20.0 mi
  • The Bulkhead: 23.6 mi
Gardens: 3
Attractions: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • (seasonal): 9.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Gallop Marsh Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SummitENE 68°828 m7.5 mi
Sunapee MountainENE 71°824 m7.8 mi
South PeakENE 71°794 m8.3 mi
Lucias LookoutE 88°756 m7.0 mi
Little Sunapee MountainE 97°734 m6.9 mi
Goves MountainESE 102°721 m5.4 mi
Bean MountainSE 131°708 m4.9 mi
Bryant MountainESE 110°698 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1019:5020:33
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1915:3016:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192130425463686659473626
Precip in2.72.43.03.33.34.24.23.83.54.93.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47797519

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