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Lamprey River Wildlife Management Area

Lamprey River Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Lamprey River Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Peavy Hill stands 131 m to the west, 8.4 miles off. Coastal Byway passes 8.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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NH Fish & Game
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.11112, -70.92297

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Oyster River Park: 1.2 mi
  • Tot Lot: 1.2 mi
  • General Sullivan Park: 1.4 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 1.4 mi
  • Mill Pond Dam: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 60
Peaks
Gardens: 50
Beaches: 44
Artworks: 34
Attractions: 19
  • Wagon: 2.9 mi
  • Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 3.3 mi
  • Mast Way Trails: 4.4 mi
  • New England Dragway: 8.0 mi
  • Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Second Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Packer's Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Hook Island Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 4.4 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Coffin's Cut: 6.0 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 6.0 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 6.1 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 6.1 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • SERCs A & B Greenspace: 1.7 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 5.1 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 5.1 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 5.1 mi
  • Stratham Town Landing: 7.2 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 12.4 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 12.6 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 15.8 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 20.4 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 4
  • Two Sisters Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Rail Spring: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Lamprey River Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peavy HillW 277°131 m8.4 mi
Redoak HillWSW 245°119 m8.1 mi
Beauty HillNW 320°114 m7.8 mi
Green HillNNW 343°112 m8.1 mi
Peaked HillNW 311°90 m8.0 mi
Long HillN 359°90 m8.3 mi
Garrison HillNNE 21°89 m7.3 mi
Stratham HillSSE 161°88 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0519:4420:27
September equinox06:3218:0518:43
December solstice07:1315:2616:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634455564706860493930
Precip in3.43.54.64.03.84.03.73.44.04.34.04.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham 2 SSW, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1223268998

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