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Wallis Sands State Park

Wallis Sands State Beach is a public recreation area located on the Atlantic Ocean in the town of , . The state park offers a sandy beach with bathhouse, picnicking, and 500-car pay-parking lot.
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  • Type: Beach
  • Description: park in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Wallis Sand State Park”, “Wallis Sands Beach”, and “Wallis Sands State Beach”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pulpit Rock Tower and Fort Stark.

Tower
Photo: Ken Gallager, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Pulpit Rock Base-End Station, is a historic military observation tower at 9 Davis Road in . Built in 1943 as part of the Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth, a series of military defenses around , it is the only one of fourteen World War II-era observation posts to survive.

Park
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is a former military fortification in , 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. is situated 2 miles north of Wallis Sands State Park.

Nature reserve
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The is a 182-acre state-owned forest and environmental education center in the city of . There are several buildings, garden demonstration areas, and trails which are used for walking, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Wallis Sands State Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rye and Newcastle.

Village
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is a town in , , United States. The population was 5,543 at the 2020 census. The town is home to several state parks along the Atlantic coastline. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Wallis Sands State Park.

Village
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New Castle is a town in , United States. The population was 1,000 at the 2020 census. It is the easternmost town in and the smallest by area, and it is the only town in the state located entirely on islands. is situated 2½ miles north of Wallis Sands State Park.

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
is a city in , , . At the 2020 census it had a population of 21,956. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the bordering the state of , was formerly the home of the Strategic Air Command's Pease Air Force Base, since converted to .

Wallis Sands State Park

Latitude
43.02753° or 43° 1′ 39″ north
Longitude
-70.72817° or 70° 43′ 41″ west
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Open location code
87MF27HC+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 47854345
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­beach
Geo­Names ID
5094228
Wiki­data ID
Q7963138
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In Other Languages

“Wallis Sands State Park” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Wallis Sands State Park”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wallis Sands State Park”. Photo: Steve Hedin, CC BY-SA 3.0.