Peak · New Hampshire
Beech Hill
Beech Hill rises to 86 m in New Hampshire. Bumfagging Hill stands 169 m to the west-northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Tibbetts Field, a park 0.5 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States of America.
Wikidata Q34834888, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 86 m
How to reach it
Coordinates43.15814, -70.94574
- 10.9 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 12.2 mi off the Independence Byway
- 17.1 mi off the Branch River Valley Trail
- 24.3 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Tibbetts Field: 0.5 mi
- Demerritt Park: 0.6 mi
- Mills Hall Lawn: 1.9 mi
- Hoyt Pond Conservation/Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
- Tot Lot: 2.2 mi
Museums
- Children's Museum of New Hampshire: 4.5 mi
- Stone School Museum: 5.5 mi
- Raitt Homestead Farm Museum: 6.9 mi
- Old Parsonage Museum: 7.1 mi
- Great Bay Discovery Center: 7.5 mi
Peaks
- Reservoir Hill: 0.5 mi
- Hicks Hill: 0.8 mi
- Demeritt Hill: 1.3 mi
- Dube Hill: 1.4 mi
- Layne Hill: 1.9 mi
Historic sites: 55
- Thompson Monument: 1.6 mi
- 1906 Dedication Rock: 1.6 mi
- The Class of 1906: 1.6 mi
- Suutari Baker Memorial Bench;Peaper-Fillyaw Memorial Bench: 1.7 mi
- East-West Park: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Hicks Hill Property: 0.8 mi
- Powder Major's Forest: 0.9 mi
- Town Land: 1.1 mi
- Bolstridge Forest: 1.3 mi
- Ellis Oyster River Reserve: 1.3 mi
Beaches: 41
- Nottingham Town Beach: 9.7 mi
- Bennett's Bridge Beach: 13.7 mi
- Mary Waldron Beach: 14.0 mi
- Wallis Sands Beach: 14.2 mi
- Pirates Cove Beach: 14.3 mi
Artworks: 33
- Wildcat Statue: 1.5 mi
- A World Alive by Sculptor Walter Liff: 1.5 mi
- Conglomerate Rock Sculpture: 1.6 mi
- Spider Statue: 1.7 mi
- Mag8libo: 1.7 mi
Gardens: 25
- UNH Butterfly Garden: 1.2 mi
- MUB Garden: 1.8 mi
- Wagon Hill Farm Community Gardens: 4.1 mi
- Bedrock Gardens: 6.6 mi
- Somersworth Community Garden: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 17
- Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 1.8 mi
- Mast Way Trails: 3.8 mi
- Wagon: 4.3 mi
- New England Dragway: 10.1 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Second Falls: 3.6 mi
- Hook Island Falls: 3.6 mi
- Packer's Falls: 3.8 mi
- Kimballs Falls: 3.8 mi
- Hayes Falls: 3.9 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Coffin's Cut: 3.8 mi
- Upper Cliff: 12.0 mi
- Lower Slabs: 12.1 mi
- Ridgeline Climbing: 12.3 mi
- Boulder Natural: 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- SERCs A & B Greenspace: 1.8 mi
- Front Pavilion: 8.5 mi
- Scamman Pavilion: 8.6 mi
- 4H Pavilion: 8.6 mi
- Stratham Town Landing: 10.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 15.8 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 16.0 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 23.4 mi
Lighthouses: 4
- Marine Safety Detachment: 13.4 mi
- Portsmouth Harbor Light: 13.4 mi
- Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse: 17.9 mi
- Front Range Light: 24.3 mi
Springs: 3
- Two Sisters Spring: 3.2 mi
- Jailhouse Spring: 11.8 mi
- Lion's Spring: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Beech Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bumfagging Hill | WNW 287° | 169 m | 8.3 mi |
| Nippo Hill | WNW 300° | 165 m | 8.3 mi |
| Sunnyside Hill | NW 308° | 153 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Misery | WNW 304° | 151 m | 7.9 mi |
| Merry Hill | W 277° | 146 m | 7.1 mi |
| Isinglass Hill | WSW 245° | 137 m | 8.7 mi |
| Gonic Hill | N 2° | 136 m | 8.4 mi |
| Peavy Hill | WSW 252° | 131 m | 7.6 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 | 20:28 |
| 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 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 865512 — Beech Hill, Strafford County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357717869
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