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George Burrows Brookside Sanctuary

George Burrows Brookside Sanctuary from directly overhead

George Burrows Brookside Sanctuary is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the south, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Chair Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Independence Byway passes 1.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Audubon Society of NH
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.89311, -70.94313

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Batchelder Park: 1.9 mi
  • Woodsom Farm North: 2.2 mi
  • Sawyer Park: 2.2 mi
  • Lake Gardner Beach Area: 2.3 mi
  • Millyard Park: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Doughboy Statue: 3.2 mi
  • The Captain's Well: 3.2 mi
  • Golgotha Boulder: 3.3 mi
  • Lafayette Trail: 4.3 mi
  • Helen Moseley House Site: 4.7 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Newton Town Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 6.6 mi
  • South Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Hampton Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Salisbury Beach: 7.4 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 59
  • Vegtable Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Deep-Cold Frames: 4.9 mi
  • The Formal Gardens: 4.9 mi
  • Italian Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Shallow-Cold Frames: 4.9 mi
Artworks: 39
Cliffs: 21
  • Sheep's Rock: 5.8 mi
  • Great Neck: 14.8 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 15.1 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 15.7 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Hampton Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 13.1 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Stratham Town Landing: 7.9 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 10.4 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 10.5 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 10.6 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 12.8 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 3.1 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 3.2 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 5.1 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 5.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 6.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 4
  • Lion's Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Rail Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 20.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of George Burrows Brookside Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillS 172°99 m1.9 mi
Chair HillSSW 209°93 m0.5 mi
Red Oak HillSW 231°93 m5.4 mi
Red Oak HillSW 231°93 m5.6 mi
Indian Ground HillWNW 292°91 m1.3 mi
Sawyers HillSW 229°91 m2.2 mi
Morse HillWNW 291°91 m3.7 mi
Moulton RidgeNNW 333°90 m3.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4420:27
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242734455565706962504030
Precip in3.63.64.84.64.04.63.93.74.14.94.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenland, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47798620

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