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Great Brook Conservation Area

Great Brook Conservation Area from directly overhead

Great Brook Conservation Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the south-southeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is York Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Independence Byway passes 1.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.94960, -70.97904

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Gooch Park: 1.4 mi
  • Brickyard Park: 1.7 mi
  • Gilman Park: 2.4 mi
  • Sawyer Park: 2.4 mi
  • Park Street Common: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Gardens: 57
  • Great Bay Community Wildlife Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Vegtable Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Italian Garden: 9.1 mi
  • The Formal Gardens: 9.1 mi
  • Deep-Cold Frames: 9.1 mi
Beaches: 45
  • Newton Town Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Hampton Beach: 9.0 mi
  • South Beach: 9.2 mi
  • North Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 9.5 mi
Artworks: 37
Cliffs: 17
  • Sheep's Rock: 9.5 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 15.4 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 15.4 mi
  • Boulder Natural: 15.7 mi
  • Ridgeline Climbing: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Great Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Lower Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 9.9 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Stratham Town Landing: 4.5 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 7.5 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 7.6 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 7.7 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 11.6 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 5.9 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 6.1 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 6.7 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 6.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 8.9 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 4
  • Jailhouse Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Rail Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 16.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Great Brook Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillSSE 160°99 m6.2 mi
Rock Rimmon HillWSW 256°94 m6.0 mi
Chair HillSSE 160°93 m4.6 mi
Morse HillSSW 213°91 m3.1 mi
Indian Ground HillS 169°91 m3.5 mi
Sawyers HillS 178°91 m5.3 mi
Moulton RidgeSSE 165°90 m0.7 mi
Martin HillS 176°82 m2.3 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 solstice07:1315:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634455665716962503929
Precip in3.23.34.24.23.84.03.53.54.04.73.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Epping, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1427697641

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