Fort Stark
Fort Stark is a former military fortification in New Castle, New Hampshire, United States. Located at Jerry's Point on the southeastern tip of New Castle Island, most of the surviving fort was developed in the early 20th century, following the Spanish–American War, although there were several earlier fortifications on the site, portions of which survive.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 5:00 AM—8:00 PM
- Type: Park
- Description: park in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Fort Stark State Historic Site” and “Fort Stark State Historical Site”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whaleback Light Station and Portsmouth Harbor Light.
Whaleback Light Station
Lighthouse
Whaleback Light is a historic lighthouse marking the mouth of the Piscataqua River in Kittery, Maine. It is located on a rocky outcrop offshore southwest of Fort Foster and south of Wood Island in Kittery.
Portsmouth Harbor Light
Lighthouse
The Portsmouth Harbor Light is a historic lighthouse located within Fort Constitution in New Castle, New Hampshire, United States.
Fort William and Mary
Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort William and Mary was a colonial-era British fortress on the island of New Castle, at the mouth of the Piscataqua River in the Province of New Hampshire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newcastle and Kittery.
Newcastle
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
New Castle is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,000 at the 2020 census. It is the easternmost town in New Hampshire and the smallest by area, and it is the only town in the state located entirely on islands.
Kittery
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Kittery is a small town in Maine, directly across from the New Hampshire border, that features a number of outlet stores.
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. At the 2020 census it had a population of 21,956. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine, Portsmouth was formerly the home of the Strategic Air Command's Pease Air Force Base, since converted to Portsmouth International Airport at Pease.
Fort Stark
- Categories: fort, recreation area, and historic site
- Location: Rockingham, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.05759° or 43° 3′ 27″ northLongitude
-70.71302° or 70° 42′ 47″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87MF375P+2QOpenStreetMap ID
way 962416300OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
5086277Wikidata ID
Q1438726
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Fort Stark” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fort Stark State Historical Site”
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ستارك”
- German: “Fort Stark Historic Site”
- German: “Fort Stark”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Downalong and Outalong.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include New Castle Public Library and Great Island Common.
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