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Rye Town Forest

Rye Town Forest from directly overhead

Rye Town Forest is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Stratham Hill stands 88 m to the west-northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Marden Woods, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Town of Rye
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.00996, -70.76111

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Outer Marker Park: 0.8 mi
  • Wallis Sands State Park: 1.9 mi
  • Wallis Sands State Park: 2.0 mi
  • Maple Haven Park: 2.3 mi
  • Community Campus: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Breakfast Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Peverly Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Rocky Ledge: 3.1 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Drake Hill: 3.2 mi
Museums: 57
Gardens: 51
Beaches: 44
Artworks: 31
Attractions: 18
Cliffs: 16
  • Sheep's Rock: 11.1 mi
  • Dover Bluff: 13.4 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 14.2 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 14.2 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Hampton Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Great Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Second Falls: 11.5 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Birthday Bay: 2.1 mi
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 7.0 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 7.0 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 7.1 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 7.2 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 7.3 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 10.5 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 11.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 18.1 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 4
  • Jailhouse Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Rail Spring: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Rye Town Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stratham HillWNW 287°88 m6.8 mi
Great HillN 352°87 m10.6 mi
Jewell HillWNW 282°81 m6.9 mi
Great HillSW 226°74 m9.6 mi
Raitt HillN 355°74 m10.6 mi
Oakland HillW 277°73 m10.5 mi
Long HillWNW 283°70 m6.5 mi
Great HillWNW 293°65 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0519:4320:26
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1215:2616:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242734455565706962504030
Precip in3.63.64.84.64.04.63.93.74.14.94.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenland, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47798726

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