Nature reserve · New Hampshire
Shackford Point Wildlife Management Area
Shackford Point Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Redoak Hill stands 119 m to the west, 7.4 miles off. Independence Byway passes 6.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- NH Fish & Game
How to reach it
Coordinates43.06993, -70.92313
- 6.2 mi off the Independence Byway
- 8.1 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 18.1 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Shackford Point Wildlife Management Area: 0.6 mi
- Heron Point Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
- Lubberland Creek Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Lubberland Creek Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Crommet Creek Wildlife Management Area: 1.4 mi
Parks
- Richard Schanda Conservation Park: 0.8 mi
- Beaulieu Field: 1.2 mi
- Beanie Howcroft Field: 1.2 mi
- Stratham Hill Park: 2.6 mi
- Packers Falls Park: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
- Chick's Weir: 0.8 mi
- Birthplace of the Timberland Boot: 0.9 mi
- No. 5 Mill: 0.9 mi
- Newmarket Memorial Pavilion: 0.9 mi
- No. 2 Mill: 0.9 mi
Peaks
- Jeffs Hill: 0.9 mi
- Great Hill: 1.0 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 1.4 mi
- Sharp Hill: 1.9 mi
- Clark Hill: 2.3 mi
Museums: 60
- Stone School Museum: 1.0 mi
- Great Bay Discovery Center: 1.7 mi
- Old Parsonage Museum: 4.9 mi
- Ladd-Gilman House: 6.2 mi
- American Independence Museum: 6.2 mi
Gardens: 50
- Great Bay Community Wildlife Garden: 2.2 mi
- MUB Garden: 4.5 mi
- The Colonial Gardens at the Weeks Brick House: 4.7 mi
- Wagon Hill Farm Community Gardens: 4.8 mi
- UNH Butterfly Garden: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 41
- Jenness Beach: 10.0 mi
- Foss Beach: 10.1 mi
- Sawyers Beach: 10.2 mi
- Pirates Cove Beach: 10.2 mi
- Rye North Beach: 10.2 mi
Artworks: 33
- Why We Love Newmarket: 0.9 mi
- Hope Is A Discipline: 4.4 mi
- Girder Sculpture: 4.5 mi
- Dance Of The Ray: 4.5 mi
- Mag8libo: 4.5 mi
Attractions: 20
- Wagon: 4.9 mi
- Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 5.5 mi
- Mast Way Trails: 5.8 mi
- Powder House: 5.9 mi
- New England Dragway: 6.1 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Piscassic Falls: 1.5 mi
- Packer's Falls: 2.7 mi
- Second Falls: 2.8 mi
- Hook Island Falls: 4.4 mi
- Wadleigh's Falls: 4.4 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Coffin's Cut: 8.7 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 8.7 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 8.8 mi
- Coffin's Cut: 8.8 mi
- Upper Cliff: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- 4H Pavilion: 2.5 mi
- Front Pavilion: 2.5 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 2.5 mi
- Stratham Town Landing: 4.4 mi
- SERCs A & B Greenspace: 4.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 9.6 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 9.9 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 13.0 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 17.6 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Marine Safety Detachment: 10.8 mi
- Oil House: 10.8 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 10.8 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 18.0 mi
- Front Range Light: 18.1 mi
Springs: 4
- Jailhouse Spring: 5.9 mi
- Two Sisters Spring: 8.6 mi
- Lion's Spring: 15.1 mi
- Rail Spring: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Shackford Point Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redoak Hill | W 266° | 119 m | 7.4 mi |
| Stratham Hill | SE 141° | 88 m | 2.7 mi |
| Beech Hill | N 349° | 86 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bald Hill | WSW 256° | 83 m | 4.4 mi |
| Jewell Hill | SSE 151° | 81 m | 3.1 mi |
| Fort Hill | WNW 301° | 81 m | 8.0 mi |
| Layne Hill | NNW 332° | 76 m | 6.0 mi |
| Burley Hill | W 268° | 75 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:26 | 16:12 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham 2 SSW, 3 mi away.
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