Nature reserve · New Hampshire
Milne Nature Sanctuary
Milne Nature Sanctuary is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Beauty Hill stands 114 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Pond Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 9.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Durham
How to reach it
Coordinates43.13013, -70.92224
- 9.0 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 10.3 mi off the Independence Byway
- 19.2 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 22.2 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Mill Pond Park: 0.1 mi
- Mill Pond Dam: 0.2 mi
- General Sullivan Park: 0.2 mi
- Town Landing: 0.3 mi
- Tot Lot: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
- Carved Bench: 0.3 mi
- East-West Park: 0.5 mi
- Benjamin Thompson Dedication Plaque: 0.7 mi
- Suutari Baker Memorial Bench;Peaper-Fillyaw Memorial Bench: 0.7 mi
- The Class of 1906: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Ray MacDonald Natural Area: 0.4 mi
- Stevens Woods: 0.5 mi
- Stolworthy Wildlife Sanctuary: 0.7 mi
- College Woods: 1.1 mi
- Durham Town Forest: 1.2 mi
Peaks
- Reservoir Hill: 1.8 mi
- Beech Hill: 2.3 mi
- Hicks Hill: 2.7 mi
- Demeritt Hill: 2.9 mi
- Pudding Hill: 3.0 mi
Museums: 58
- Stone School Museum: 3.6 mi
- Old Parsonage Museum: 5.1 mi
- Children's Museum of New Hampshire: 5.1 mi
- Great Bay Discovery Center: 5.3 mi
- Raitt Homestead Farm Museum: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 44
- Nottingham Town Beach: 10.3 mi
- Wallis Sands Beach: 12.1 mi
- Pirates Cove Beach: 12.2 mi
- Foss Beach: 12.4 mi
- Rye North Beach: 12.4 mi
Artworks: 34
- Hope Is A Discipline: 0.6 mi
- Dance Of The Ray: 0.6 mi
- Mag8libo: 0.7 mi
- Spider Statue: 0.7 mi
- Girder Sculpture: 0.7 mi
Gardens: 28
- MUB Garden: 0.5 mi
- UNH Butterfly Garden: 1.5 mi
- Wagon Hill Farm Community Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Great Bay Community Wildlife Garden: 6.3 mi
- Bedrock Gardens: 6.5 mi
Attractions: 19
- Wagon: 2.6 mi
- Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 2.7 mi
- Mast Way Trails: 4.3 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 9.0 mi
- New England Dragway: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Second Falls: 2.1 mi
- Packer's Falls: 2.4 mi
- Hook Island Falls: 3.4 mi
- Piscassic Falls: 3.5 mi
- Wadleigh's Falls: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Coffin's Cut: 4.7 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 4.7 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 4.8 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 4.9 mi
- Upper Cliff: 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- SERCs A & B Greenspace: 0.8 mi
- Front Pavilion: 6.3 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 6.4 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 6.4 mi
- Stratham Town Landing: 8.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 13.6 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 13.9 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Marine Safety Detachment: 11.5 mi
- Oil House: 11.5 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 11.5 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 16.9 mi
- Front Range Light: 22.2 mi
Springs: 3
- Two Sisters Spring: 5.3 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 10.0 mi
- Lion's Spring: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Milne Nature Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beauty Hill | NW 313° | 114 m | 6.8 mi |
| Green Hill | NNW 339° | 112 m | 6.9 mi |
| Third Hill | ENE 67° | 104 m | 7.8 mi |
| Long Hill | N 358° | 90 m | 6.9 mi |
| Peaked Hill | WNW 303° | 90 m | 7.3 mi |
| Garrison Hill | NNE 26° | 89 m | 6.1 mi |
| Stratham Hill | SSE 165° | 88 m | 6.5 mi |
| Great Hill | ENE 71° | 87 m | 7.1 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 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:05 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:26 | 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 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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