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Sliding Rock Conservation & Recreation Area

Sliding Rock Conservation & Recreation Area from directly overhead

Sliding Rock Conservation & Recreation Area is a nature reserve in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Isinglass Hill stands 137 m to the west, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Beanie Howcroft Field, a park 0.4 miles away. Independence Byway passes 7.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Newmarket Conservation Commission
Getting there

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Coordinates43.08904, -70.94151

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Beanie Howcroft Field: 0.4 mi
  • Beaulieu Field: 0.6 mi
  • Richard Schanda Conservation Park: 0.8 mi
  • Packers Falls Park: 1.2 mi
  • John Hatch Park: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 60
Peaks
Nature reserves
Gardens: 49
Beaches: 41
Artworks: 33
Attractions: 20
Waterfalls: 15
  • Piscassic Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Packer's Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Second Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Hook Island Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Wadleigh's Falls: 3.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Coffin's Cut: 7.7 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 7.7 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 7.8 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 7.9 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • SERCs A & B Greenspace: 3.1 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 4.1 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 4.1 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 4.1 mi
  • Stratham Town Landing: 5.6 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 11.2 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 11.4 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 14.4 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 14.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 18.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 4
  • Two Sisters Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Rail Spring: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Sliding Rock Conservation & Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Isinglass HillW 277°137 m8.1 mi
Peavy HillWNW 288°131 m7.8 mi
Redoak HillWSW 254°119 m6.7 mi
Beauty HillNNW 331°114 m8.5 mi
Magney HillW 271°107 m7.6 mi
Rundlett HillWSW 259°94 m8.1 mi
Peaked HillNW 323°90 m8.5 mi
Stratham HillSE 143°88 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0519:4420:27
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 °F242634455564706860493930
Precip in3.43.54.64.03.84.03.73.44.04.34.04.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham 2 SSW, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1426864023

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