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Powwow River Woodlands

Powwow River Woodlands from directly overhead

Powwow River Woodlands is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the east-southeast, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Van Bokkelen Conservation Restriction (Greenbelt), a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Independence Byway passes 3.4 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire

How to reach it

Coordinates42.87509, -70.96152

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Woodsom Farm North: 0.8 mi
  • Batchelder Park: 1.4 mi
  • Lake Gardner Beach Area: 1.6 mi
  • Amesbury Town Park: 1.8 mi
  • Millyard Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Doughboy Statue: 2.4 mi
  • The Captain's Well: 2.4 mi
  • Golgotha Boulder: 2.7 mi
  • World War Honor Roll: 3.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.4 mi
Museums
Gardens: 60
  • Vegtable Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Italian Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.9 mi
  • The Formal Gardens: 3.9 mi
  • Deep-Cold Frames: 3.9 mi
Beaches
  • Newton Town Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Salisbury Beach: 7.7 mi
  • South Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Hampton Beach: 8.1 mi
Artworks
  • Peace Offering: 6.1 mi
  • Brushstrokes: 6.1 mi
  • G-Swirl: 6.1 mi
  • Newburyport Collage: 6.1 mi
  • Native Fish: 6.1 mi
Attractions
Cliffs: 21
  • Sheep's Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 13.7 mi
  • Great Neck: 14.2 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 15.2 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Hampton Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Great Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Stratham Town Landing: 9.2 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 11.9 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 11.9 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 12.0 mi
  • Cowbell Corner Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 3.9 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 4.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 4.4 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 6.5 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 6.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Lion's Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Rail Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.0 miles of Powwow River Woodlands. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillESE 118°99 m1.4 mi
Chair HillNE 40°93 m1.1 mi
Red Oak HillWSW 237°93 m3.9 mi
Red Oak HillWSW 237°93 m4.1 mi
Sawyers HillWSW 255°91 m0.8 mi
Indian Ground HillN 352°91 m1.7 mi
Morse HillNW 315°91 m3.6 mi
Moulton RidgeN 351°90 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4420:27
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735465665727062514131
Precip in3.53.64.84.34.14.23.63.84.05.33.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haverhill, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/730663647

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