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Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Stratham Hill stands 88 m to the west-southwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Caswell Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 4.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
NH Dept of Fish & Game
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.04727, -70.85105

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Caswell Park: 0.5 mi
  • Russell A. Robinson Winnicut Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Town Square: 1.2 mi
  • Remembrance Park: 1.4 mi
  • Stratham Hill Park: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 59
Gardens: 49
Beaches: 43
Artworks: 33
Attractions: 18
  • Triple Giant Slides: 3.6 mi
  • Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 5.2 mi
  • Wagon: 5.8 mi
  • Powder House: 6.5 mi
  • EDALHAB: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Coffin's Cut: 10.3 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 10.3 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 10.3 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 10.3 mi
  • Sheep's Rock: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Piscassic Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Second Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Packer's Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Front Pavilion: 2.1 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 2.2 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 2.3 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 3.6 mi
  • Stratham Town Landing: 5.2 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 7.6 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 7.8 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 11.3 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 11.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 17.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 4
  • Jailhouse Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Rail Spring: 19.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stratham HillWSW 255°88 m2.0 mi
Great HillNNE 21°87 m8.6 mi
Bald HillW 274°83 m7.9 mi
Jewell HillWSW 242°81 m2.5 mi
Raitt HillNNE 24°74 m8.7 mi
Oakland HillWSW 258°73 m6.0 mi
Wednesday HillNW 307°72 m9.0 mi
Long HillWSW 236°70 m2.1 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 solstice07:1215:2616:12

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47798678

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