Skip to content

Sheehan-Basquil Park

Sheehan-Basquil Park from directly overhead

Sheehan-Basquil Park is a park in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. North Uncanoonuc Mountain stands 401 m to the west, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheridan-Emmet Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Amoskeag Millyard Scenic and Cultural Byway passes 1.1 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.98439, -71.45156

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Brigadier General John Stark: 0.8 mi
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 8.4 mi
  • Bear with Fish: 11.0 mi
  • Pembroke Spartan: 11.2 mi
  • Millennium Child: 14.2 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • The Amoskeag Fishways: 1.7 mi
  • Block Party Social: 4.0 mi
  • Moonlight Meadery: 9.3 mi
  • Robert Frost Historic Site: 11.1 mi
  • Candia Springs Adventure Park: 11.4 mi
Peaks
Museums: 43
Beaches: 21
Gardens: 11
Waterfalls: 11
  • Wildcat Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Middle Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Senter Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 8
Rest areas: 6
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 8.7 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 13.9 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 19.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Springs: 1
  • River Road Spring: 11.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Sheehan-Basquil Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Uncanoonuc MountainW 273°401 m7.8 mi
South Uncanoonuc MountainW 269°395 m6.9 mi
Roby HillWSW 250°302 m10.9 mi
Hall MountainNNE 33°286 m8.9 mi
Picked HillNNW 333°270 m9.8 mi
Wood HillNNW 332°270 m10.5 mi
Quimby MountainNNW 334°267 m6.9 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 250°265 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0819:4620:29
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1515:2816:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533465766716962503929
Precip in2.72.73.23.53.44.33.73.73.94.43.53.8

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

  • Common Goldeneye34 obs
  • eastern white pine28 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel25 obs
  • Mourning Dove23 obs
  • American Robin23 obs
  • House Sparrow23 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade23 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk18 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/339070587

More parks in New Hampshire

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Sheehan-Basquil Park.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens