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Gulf of Maine Cod Spawning Protection Area

Gulf of Maine Cod Spawning Protection Area from directly overhead

Gulf of Maine Cod Spawning Protection Area is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Great Hill stands 74 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Tucke Monument, a historic site 6.6 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.88030, -70.60352

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • North Beach: 10.4 mi
  • North Side Park: 10.4 mi
  • Hampton Beach State Park: 10.5 mi
  • Bound Rock State Park: 10.7 mi
  • Harborside Park: 10.9 mi
Peaks
  • The Sands: 11.0 mi
  • Hemp Plain Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Rocky Ledge: 12.6 mi
  • Drake Hill: 13.4 mi
  • Third Parish Hill: 13.5 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions: 58
Museums: 57
Beaches: 51
  • Plaice Cove: 10.3 mi
  • North Hampton Beach: 10.4 mi
  • North Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Plaice Cove Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Philbricks Beach: 10.5 mi
Gardens: 47
  • Salisbury Community Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Range Light Sculpture Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Peace Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Bushee Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Berry Labyrinth: 15.0 mi
Artworks: 31
  • Bones: 12.7 mi
  • Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 14.0 mi
  • Newburyport Collage: 14.4 mi
  • Brushstrokes: 14.5 mi
  • G-Swirl: 14.5 mi
Lighthouses: 18
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 7
  • Hampton Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Great Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Birthday Bay: 14.0 mi
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 18.4 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 18.4 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 13.5 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 13.7 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 14.0 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.1 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Gulf of Maine Cod Spawning Protection Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great HillW 279°74 m15.0 mi
Horse HillW 277°74 m16.8 mi
Grape HillW 272°69 m15.5 mi
Pool HillS 186°66 m15.5 mi
Rollins HillWNW 297°62 m16.5 mi
Pigeon HillS 185°61 m14.4 mi
Mundy HillW 266°60 m15.7 mi
Beech HillW 270°58 m16.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1718:55
June solstice05:0519:4220:25
September equinox06:3018:0418:42
December solstice07:1115:2616:12

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, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1435796829

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