Wild Bird Petroglyph
Wild Bird Petroglyph is an artwork in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Tate Hill stands 109 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Waxwings Petroglyph, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
This modern petroglyph depicts life sized local birds carved in shallow relief: norther cardinal, grey catbird, American crow, common yellowthroat, hermit thrush, barn swallow, dragonflies, swallowtail butterfly, and two red wing blackbirds
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- Signed "Sudeith" and dated in hidden location. No circle emblems.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cooley Center Pond Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Bijhouwer Forest Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Elbow Hill: 0.9 mi
- Bald Head Preserve: 1.0 mi
- McKay Farm Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Bridge Hill: 0.7 mi
- Fuller Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Parker Head: 1.8 mi
- West Georgetown Hill: 1.9 mi
- Newtown Hill: 1.9 mi
- Morse's Landing: 4.0 mi
- Fort Popham State Historic Site: 4.3 mi
- Popham Colony: 4.3 mi
- Fort Baldwin State Historic Site: 4.5 mi
- South End Boat Launch: 5.2 mi
- Fort Popham (historical): 4.3 mi
- Southport Civil War Monument: 6.7 mi
- Honor the Brave Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Rachel Carson Memorial: 7.7 mi
- American Revolution Historical Site: 8.4 mi
- Half Mile Beach: 4.6 mi
- Popham Beach: 4.7 mi
- Mile Beach: 4.8 mi
- East Beach: 4.9 mi
- Hunnewell Beach: 5.1 mi
- Phippsburg Historical Museum: 1.8 mi
- Georgetown Historical Society: 2.8 mi
- Maine Maritime Museum: 5.5 mi
- Maine Maritime Museum Library Archives: 5.5 mi
- NeKrangan II Museum: 7.4 mi
- Cedar Waxwings Petroglyph: 0.1 mi
- Circles Petroglyph: 1.6 mi
- Wyoming schooner: 5.6 mi
- Windsound: 8.4 mi
- Flock of Birds: 8.4 mi
- Vayo Meditation Garden: 8.4 mi
- Haney Hillside Garden: 8.4 mi
- Arbor Garden: 8.4 mi
- Restaurant Pavilion: 8.5 mi
- Horticultural Building, Costal Maine Botanical Gardens: 8.7 mi
- Floratorium: 4.2 mi
- Bath Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Sunken Garden: 6.3 mi
- Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: 8.4 mi
- Squirrel Island Community Garden: 8.9 mi
- Morse Point: 5.5 mi
- Hockomock Head: 6.4 mi
- The Bluff: 21.7 mi
- White Head Cliff: 22.2 mi
- The Cliffs: 22.3 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 4.8 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 5.0 mi
- Bug Light: 23.8 mi
- First Falls: 18.4 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Wild Bird Petroglyph. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tate Hill | NW 324° | 109 m | 15.5 mi |
| Cox Pinnacle | NW 305° | 108 m | 15.4 mi |
| Kenniston Hill | ENE 63° | 87 m | 10.6 mi |
| Oak Hill | WNW 299° | 85 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Hunger | NE 43° | 83 m | 15.0 mi |
| Fuller Mountain | W 271° | 81 m | 1.3 mi |
| Bald Rock | WNW 300° | 81 m | 14.5 mi |
| Higgins Mountain | E 88° | 79 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:42 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:01 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:18 | 16:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 32 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westport Island, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13416822629
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