Nature reserve · New Hampshire
Hills Family Forest
Hills Family Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Beauty Hill stands 114 m to the west-northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bunker Creek Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 7.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests
How to reach it
Coordinates43.13981, -70.88517
- 7.7 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 11.3 mi off the Independence Byway
- 19.0 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 22.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Bunker Creek Wildlife Management Area: 0.3 mi
- Grandpa Watson's Woodlot: 0.5 mi
- Durham Town Forest: 1.4 mi
- Durham Point Sedge Meadow: 1.6 mi
- Bellamy River Wildlife Management Area: 1.7 mi
Parks
- Jackson's Landing: 1.3 mi
- Spruce Lane Park: 1.6 mi
- Morningside Park: 1.7 mi
- Hoyt Pond Conservation/Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Town Landing: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
- Carved Bench: 2.1 mi
- East-West Park: 2.3 mi
- Benjamin Thompson Dedication Plaque: 2.4 mi
- The Class of 1906: 2.4 mi
- Suutari Baker Memorial Bench;Peaper-Fillyaw Memorial Bench: 2.4 mi
Peaks
- Pudding Hill: 2.3 mi
- Huckleberry Hill: 2.5 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 3.0 mi
- Knight Hill: 3.2 mi
- Hicks Hill: 3.3 mi
Museums
- Children's Museum of New Hampshire: 3.8 mi
- Old Parsonage Museum: 4.0 mi
- Raitt Homestead Farm Museum: 4.2 mi
- Stone School Museum: 5.0 mi
- Great Bay Discovery Center: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 47
- Wallis Sands Beach: 11.1 mi
- Pirates Cove Beach: 11.3 mi
- Rye North Beach: 11.6 mi
- Foss Beach: 11.6 mi
- Seapoint Beach: 11.8 mi
Artworks: 33
- A World Alive by Sculptor Walter Liff: 2.1 mi
- Hope Is A Discipline: 2.4 mi
- Dance Of The Ray: 2.5 mi
- Mag8libo: 2.5 mi
- Wildcat Statue: 2.5 mi
Gardens: 27
- Wagon Hill Farm Community Gardens: 0.9 mi
- MUB Garden: 2.3 mi
- UNH Butterfly Garden: 3.2 mi
- Great Bay Community Wildlife Garden: 7.3 mi
- The Colonial Gardens at the Weeks Brick House: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 18
- Wagon: 1.0 mi
- Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 4.4 mi
- Mast Way Trails: 6.2 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 7.6 mi
- Triple Giant Slides: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Second Falls: 3.9 mi
- Packer's Falls: 4.2 mi
- Hayes Falls: 4.7 mi
- Kimballs Falls: 4.8 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 5.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Coffin's Cut: 3.7 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 3.7 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 3.8 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 3.8 mi
- Dover Bluff: 14.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- SERCs A & B Greenspace: 2.6 mi
- Front Pavilion: 6.8 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 6.9 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 6.9 mi
- Birthday Bay: 8.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 14.0 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 14.2 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 17.6 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Marine Safety Detachment: 10.1 mi
- Oil House: 10.1 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 10.1 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 14.9 mi
- Front Range Light: 22.7 mi
Springs: 3
- Two Sisters Spring: 6.5 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 11.1 mi
- Lion's Spring: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Hills Family Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beauty Hill | WNW 300° | 114 m | 8.0 mi |
| Green Hill | NW 323° | 112 m | 7.2 mi |
| Third Hill | ENE 66° | 104 m | 5.8 mi |
| Long Hill | NNW 342° | 90 m | 6.6 mi |
| Garrison Hill | N 9° | 89 m | 4.9 mi |
| Stratham Hill | S 182° | 88 m | 6.9 mi |
| Great Hill | ENE 72° | 87 m | 5.1 mi |
| Powderhouse Hill | NNE 33° | 87 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:18 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:25 | 16:12 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham 2 N, 3 mi away.
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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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