Plum Island Beach – Plum Island Lighthouse loop from Seabrook

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New Hampshire

Rockingham County

Plum Island Beach – Plum Island Lighthouse loop from Seabrook

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Plum Island Beach – Plum Island Lighthouse loop from Seabrook

02:20

39.9km

100m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 21, 2025

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 11.2 km for 128 m

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Parking

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New Hampshire Seacoast Greenway

Highlight • Cycleway

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Pink Sculpture at the Rail Trail Bridge

Highlight • Monument

Here you just have to decide whether it is the old railway bridge or the sculpture in front of it. There is something about it - a new sculpture in front of a crumbling building

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Highlight • Natural

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Plum Island Beach

Highlight • Beach

A big sandy beach on the sand spit, Plum Island. The area was created by the ocean currents and the combination of the Parker and Merrimack rivers.

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Plum Island Lighthouse

Highlight • Monument

By the end of the 1700s shipping into the Merrimack River was increasing and fires were lit on Plum Island to aid boats. Beacons were erected in 1783 and the …

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Joppa Flats Education Center

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View of the Merrimack River from Joppa Park

Highlight • Viewpoint

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Highlight (Segment) • Trail

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Newburyport Harbor Front Range Light

Highlight • Monument

Established in 1873, Newburyport Harbor Front Range Light and Rear Range Light guided mariners traveling the Merrimack River to Newburyport Harbor.

The range lights also helped vessels avoid a dangerous underwater obstacle known as Goose Rocks.

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