12/11/2020
We've obtained the route for Santa's visit to Portsmouth on December 19th!
He will be escorted in our ladder truck through the following neighborhoods:
10:00-10:05
Coakley Road
10:15-10:18
Gosling Meadows. Weald and Wedgewood
10:23-10:28
Osprey Landing. Portsmouth Blvd to Osprey to Dunlin to Blue Heron to Shearwater
10:30-10:40
Atlantic Heights. Kearsarge to Ranger to Raleigh, Right onto Crescent, right onto Concord Way to the end, Left onto Preble which becomes Crescent onto Albacore onto Saratoga, turn right onto Concord, then right onto Kearsarge.
10:45-10:52
Woodbury/Echo/Woodlawn/Meadow. Woodbury to Echo, left onto Woodlawn, right onto Woodbury, right onto Maple, left onto Meadow, and left onto Rockingham.
10:55-11:00
Diamond/Onyx/Sapphire. Woodbury to Edmond, left onto Ruby, right onto Diamond, right onto Onyx, right onto Topaz, right onto Opal, left onto Diamond, left onto Sapphire, right onto Edmond.
11:00-11:02
Travel down Woodbury to Bartlett.
11:02-11:10
Dennett/Thornton/Stark. Bartlett to Dennett, right onto Dennett, right onto Thornton Ext., right onto Thornton, left onto Stark, right onto Pine, left onto Bartlett.
11:10-11:12
Travel Pine to Islington.
11:12-11:17
Islington/State/Marcy. From Bartlett, travel Islington to Middle st, then left onto State, to the end and left onto Marcy.
11:17-11:47
Marcy/South/Lafayette/Lincoln. Marcy to South to the South and Lafayette intersection. Right onto Middle, left onto Lincoln to Junkins. Left onto Junkins, left onto Pleasant, left onto Court St. (10 minute stop at Fire Station for Santa to check in with Mrs. Claus). From Court, left onto Middle, right onto Aldrich.
11:48-11:53
Spinney/Sheffield/Essex/Middle Rd. From Aldrich, left onto Islington, left onto Spinney, right onto Middle Rd., right onto Sheffield, left onto Melbourne, left onto Essex, right onto Middle Rd.
11:53-12:03
Travel to Pannaway Manor via Middle Rd to Sherburne.
12:03-12:10
Pannaway Manor. Sherburne to Colonial, follow Colonial around to the right and back to Sherburne.
12:10-12:18
Travelling to Wamesit Place via Middle Rd to Peverly Hill Rd to Greenleaf Ave.
12:18-12:23
Wamesit/Hillside/Wi******er Place/Ledgewood. Slow drive by Wamesit Place on Greenleaf. Cross By-Pass, left onto Hillside and around loop, right on Greenleaf, left onto Route 1 By-Pass, left to Ledgewood Dr to end of Wi******er Place and back to Lafayette.
12:23-12:35
Heading to Buckminster Way via Lafayette Rd to Peverly Hill to Banfield to Ocean.
12:35-12:38
Buckminster Way. Around loop.
12:38-12:42
Headed to Maple Haven via Ocean.
12:42-1:00
Wi******er/Mariette and Maple Haven. Wi******er right onto Nathaniel, right onto Mariette, left onto Denise, right onto Mariette again to Pamela, to second Mariette to Ocean.
Maple Haven Continued. Ocean to left onto Suzanne, end of Suzanne curves to the right, right onto Wallis, left onto Suzanne, left onto Simonds which becomes Suzanne again bearing right, exit Maple Haven to Lafayette.
1:00-1:08
Pines and Arbor View. Lang to The Pines (Formerly Stonecroft), circle through back to Lang, left into Arbor View (Formerly Beechstone), back to Lang Rd.
1:00-1:12
Roberts Ave/ Ann Ave. Lang to Lafayette, right onto Robert, right onto Ricci, left onto Joan, left onto Ann, left onto Robert, back to Lafayette.
1:14-1:25
Cedars and Springbrook. White Cedar Blvd., around the square, back to Lafayette, right onto Springbrook around circle back to Lafayette.
1:25-1:30
Travelling to The Woodlands via Lafayette Rd.
1:30-1:35
The Woodlands. Hoover, right onto FW Hartford around circle to TJ Gamester.
1:35-1:50
Elwyn Park. From Hoover, right onto Coolidge, right onto Wilson, right onto Grant, left onto Hoover, left onto Taft to Elwyn Rd, right onto Elwyn, right onto Harding, right onto Fillmore, right onto Van Buren, right onto McKinley, left onto Harding, right onto Elwyn.
1:50-2:00
Travelling to Sagamore Court Apartments via Elwyn to Gosport Rd, right onto Odiorne Pt., left onto Sagamore into Sagamore Court Apts, exiting via Tidewatch Rd.
2:00-2:05
Sagamore/Miller Avenue. Sagamore Rd to Miller to Middle.
2:05-2:20
Using Santa Magic to travel to Hillcrest Estates.
2:25-2:20
Hillcrest Estates. Lafayette, left onto Bluefish, right onto Urchin, left onto Striped Bass, left onto Salmon, right onto Mackeral, left onto Dolphin, right onto Bluefish to Codfish exiting on Bluefish.
~END~
Santa departs for the North Pole to finish preparations for Christmas Eve.
Please note:
• All times are an estimate. Try to be in place early and please be patient.
• Santa will not be able to go up every street. Review the route to best understand where you can catch a glimpse of Santa and the firetruck.
• When driving through an apartment complex parking lot, the firetruck must do a loop. If you live off the main loop, you may need consider your viewing location.
• We will do our best to post updates on Facebook at “City of Portsmouth NH Recreation”.
• Sorry, no special neighborhood requests are able to be accommodated.
• Questions: Call Portsmouth Recreation, Head Elf Brinn Sullivan 603-610-4433 / [email protected]
