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Little River Natural Area

Little River Natural Area from directly overhead

Little River Natural Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Smith Mountain stands 123 m to the west-southwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Magnusson Memorial Fields, a park 0.6 miles away. Independence Byway passes 4.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Kingston
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.95164, -71.05083

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Magnusson Memorial Fields: 0.6 mi
  • Chase Fields: 0.7 mi
  • Kingston Plain: 1.4 mi
  • Kingston State Park: 1.7 mi
  • Brentwood Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Attractions
Gardens: 59
  • Great Bay Community Wildlife Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Bedrock Gardens: 9.8 mi
  • Vegtable Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Italian Garden: 10.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 10.7 mi
Artworks: 48
Beaches: 44
  • Newton Town Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Hampstead Town Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Nottingham Town Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Hampton Beach: 12.6 mi
  • South Beach: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Lower Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Sheep's Rock: 12.5 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 13.2 mi
  • Lower Slabs: 13.2 mi
  • Boulder Natural: 13.4 mi
  • Ridgeline Climbing: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Stratham Town Landing: 6.9 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 9.9 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 10.1 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 10.1 mi
  • Log Landing: 10.2 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 9.1 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 9.6 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 9.7 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 9.8 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 9.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Jailhouse Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Rail Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 16.0 mi
Lighthouses: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Little River Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Smith MountainWSW 239°123 m7.4 mi
Redoak HillN 353°119 m7.7 mi
French HillWSW 258°113 m5.7 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 250°112 m6.2 mi
Hoyt's HillWSW 259°108 m5.0 mi
Philbrick HillW 268°101 m3.6 mi
Coburn HillW 261°98 m3.4 mi
Little Rattlesnake HillWNW 298°96 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:57
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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47798321

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