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Palmer Hill

Palmer Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Palmer Hill rises to 68 m in New Hampshire. Powow Hill stands 99 m to the south-southeast, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Cottage Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Independence Byway passes 1.2 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in New Hampshire, United States of America

Wikidata Q34888584, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
68 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.90830, -70.95246

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sawyer Park: 1.3 mi
  • Common Ground: 1.9 mi
  • Batchelder Park: 3.0 mi
  • Woodsom Farm North: 3.1 mi
  • Lake Gardner Beach Area: 3.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Doughboy Statue: 4.3 mi
  • The Captain's Well: 4.3 mi
  • Golgotha Boulder: 4.5 mi
  • Lafayette Trail: 4.5 mi
  • Hammy's Way: 4.7 mi
Attractions
Gardens: 59
  • Vegtable Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Italian Garden: 6.0 mi
  • The Formal Gardens: 6.0 mi
  • Deep-Cold Frames: 6.0 mi
  • Shallow-Cold Frames: 6.0 mi
Beaches: 46
  • Newton Town Beach: 5.5 mi
  • South Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Seabrook Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Hampton Beach: 7.2 mi
  • North Beach: 8.1 mi
Artworks: 36
Cliffs: 17
  • Sheep's Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Great Neck: 15.9 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 16.0 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 16.8 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 17.5 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Hampton Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Great Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 12.0 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Stratham Town Landing: 6.9 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 9.5 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 9.6 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 9.7 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 12.3 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 4.0 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 4.0 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 5.0 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 5.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 6.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Lion's Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Rail Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 18.9 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Palmer Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Powow HillSSE 166°99 m3.0 mi
Chair HillS 171°93 m1.5 mi
Red Oak HillSW 220°93 m5.8 mi
Indian Ground HillSW 230°91 m0.9 mi
Sawyers HillSSW 206°91 m2.8 mi
Morse HillW 275°91 m3.0 mi
Moulton RidgeNNW 332°90 m2.5 mi
Highlands HillSW 224°88 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4420:27
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1215:2716:13

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 868983 — Palmer Hill, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357725262

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