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Oyster River Forest

Oyster River Forest from directly overhead

Oyster River Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Bumfagging Hill stands 169 m to the west-northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Spruce Hole Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Independence Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Durham
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.12946, -70.96155

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Woodridge Park: 0.6 mi
  • Oyster River Park: 1.5 mi
  • Tot Lot: 1.7 mi
  • Mills Hall Lawn: 1.7 mi
  • John Hatch Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 58
Beaches: 43
Artworks: 35
Gardens: 29
Attractions: 20
Waterfalls: 14
  • Hook Island Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Second Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Packer's Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 3.5 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Coffin's Cut: 5.8 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 5.8 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 5.9 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 5.9 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • SERCs A & B Greenspace: 1.3 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 7.0 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 7.0 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 7.1 mi
  • Stratham Town Landing: 8.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 14.2 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 14.4 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 17.4 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 17.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.3 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Oyster River Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bumfagging HillWNW 302°169 m8.4 mi
Sunnyside HillNW 323°153 m8.3 mi
Huckleberry HillNNW 330°152 m7.5 mi
Merry HillWNW 294°146 m6.9 mi
Isinglass HillWSW 256°137 m7.3 mi
Peavy HillW 267°131 m6.4 mi
Redoak HillSW 229°119 m7.2 mi
Beauty HillNNW 327°114 m5.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0519:4420:28
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1315:2616:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465665716962503929
Precip in2.73.03.54.13.64.04.03.84.04.73.94.0

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1183292062

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