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Musquash Swamp Wildlife Managment Area

Musquash Swamp Wildlife Managment Area from directly overhead

Musquash Swamp Wildlife Managment Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 81 m. Chestnut Hill stands 265 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Musquash Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 2.0 miles off.

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What to expect

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NH Fish & Game
Getting there

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Coordinates42.86971, -71.43090

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Justin Bisset Memorial Baseball Complex: 1.5 mi
  • Justin Bisset Memorial Baseball Complex: 1.5 mi
  • Litchfield Park at Sawmill Brook: 1.8 mi
  • Veterans Park: 1.8 mi
  • Kurt Schaefer Memorial Fields: 1.8 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 3.2 mi
  • Millennium Child: 6.5 mi
  • The Face of PSA: 7.5 mi
  • Children Reading: 7.6 mi
  • Moon Shadow: 7.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Matthew Thornton Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Big Moose: 4.6 mi
  • Brian J. McNamara: 5.2 mi
  • Freedom Shrine: 6.4 mi
  • Bell: 7.1 mi
Attractions
Museums: 53
Beaches: 21
Gardens: 20
Waterfalls: 12
  • Wildcat Falls: 3.9 mi
  • The Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Middle Falls: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 6
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 7.9 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 13.3 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 16.7 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 16.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 19.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Musquash Swamp Wildlife Managment Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillWNW 297°265 m10.6 mi
Holbrook HillNW 309°253 m10.9 mi
Shirley HillNW 320°247 m10.8 mi
Telford HillNW 311°220 m10.0 mi
Walnut HillNW 325°193 m9.4 mi
Walnut HillW 278°189 m8.6 mi
Powder HillNW 312°187 m8.9 mi
Ledge HillNW 307°183 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0819:4520:29
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1415:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837485968747264524231
Precip in2.42.73.43.33.44.03.33.33.73.93.53.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manchester AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1416393170

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