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Sagamore Creek Headlands

Sagamore Creek Headlands from directly overhead

Sagamore Creek Headlands is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Third Hill stands 104 m to the north, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sagamore Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 0.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Portsmouth
Access
Permitted
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.05304, -70.76097

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Sagamore Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Peverly Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Boatswain Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Hobbs Hill: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lafayette Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Ward Park: 0.8 mi
  • Clough Field: 1.0 mi
  • Powder House Park: 1.2 mi
  • Portsmouth Plains: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 57
Gardens: 47
Beaches: 47
Artworks: 31
Attractions: 18
Cliffs: 15
  • Dover Bluff: 11.1 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 11.6 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 11.6 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 11.6 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Piscassic Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Second Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Packer's Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Birthday Bay: 1.6 mi
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 6.7 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 6.7 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 6.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 9.5 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 9.6 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 13.1 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 13.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 20.4 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 4
  • Jailhouse Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Rail Spring: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Sagamore Creek Headlands. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Third HillN 354°104 m8.4 mi
Horse HillsNNE 13°98 m10.7 mi
Stratham HillW 262°88 m6.6 mi
Great HillN 349°87 m7.7 mi
Jewell HillWSW 257°81 m6.9 mi
Raitt HillN 353°74 m7.6 mi
Oakland HillW 261°73 m10.6 mi
Long HillWSW 256°70 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0519:4320:27
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1215:2516:12

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/47798753

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