Sunday River Covered Bridge
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Sunday River Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 206 m. Old Speck Mountain stands 1,263 m to the northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Williamson Family Tree Farm Conservation Easement, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Grafton Notch Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
The Sunday River Bridge, also known locally as the Artists Bridge, is a historic covered bridge in Newry, Maine. It is located northeast of the Sunday River Ski Resort, adjacent to the crossing of the Sunday River by Sunday River Road, which the bridge formerly carried. Built in 1872, it is one of Maine's few surviving 19th-century covered bridges. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
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Dates from 1872.
Wikidata Q18751492, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
- 10.8 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
- 15.6 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 15.6 mi off the Moose Path Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Table Rock · 8 mi
- Evans Notch Overlook · 15 mi
- Cold River Overlook · 15 mi
- Evans Notch Scenic Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moran's Landing: 3.0 mi
- Angevine Park: 4.7 mi
- Davis Park: 6.0 mi
- Veteran’s Memorial Park: 6.4 mi
- Bethel Common: 6.7 mi
- Merrill Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Will: 2.0 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.3 mi
- North Peak: 2.4 mi
- White Cap: 2.6 mi
- Williamson Family Tree Farm Conservation Easement: 1.3 mi
- Mount Will: 2.4 mi
- Great Brook Preserve Conservation Easement: 2.9 mi
- Bingham Forest: 3.1 mi
- Stowe Mountain Conservation Easement: 3.3 mi
- Screw Auger Falls: 6.2 mi
- Kees Falls: 11.5 mi
- Rumford Falls: 15.1 mi
- Mad River Falls: 16.2 mi
- Hermit Falls: 17.6 mi
- Bethel War Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Andover Civil War Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Andover World War I Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Andover World War II Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Lightning Ledge: 7.0 mi
- Goss Ledge: 8.3 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 10.8 mi
- Browns Ledge: 10.9 mi
- Payne Ledge: 12.6 mi
- Gilead Picnic Ground: 9.3 mi
- P10: 19.9 mi
- P6: 19.9 mi
- P9: 19.9 mi
- P5: 19.9 mi
- Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: 6.4 mi
- Bethel Historical Society Regional History Museum: 6.6 mi
- Moses Mason House Museum: 6.7 mi
- Andover Historical Society: 10.9 mi
- Moffett House Museum: 16.6 mi
- Mountain fountain: 11.0 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 13.7 mi
- Deer Hill Spring: 19.5 mi
- Cooper Spring: 24.7 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 11.1 mi
- Pleasant Point Town Beach: 22.0 mi
- Gage Rice Beach: 22.2 mi
- Keoka Lake Beach: 22.5 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 15.2 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 16.7 mi
- The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 24.9 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 6.4 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 14.9 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- Snow Falls Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Moose Cave: 7.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Sunday River Covered Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Speck Mountain | NW 315° | 1,263 m | 7.7 mi |
| East Peak | NNW 343° | 1,141 m | 8.4 mi |
| Goose Eye Mountain | W 275° | 1,132 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mahoosuc Arm | NW 305° | 1,128 m | 8.1 mi |
| West Peak | NNW 339° | 1,092 m | 8.1 mi |
| Baldpate Mountain | NNW 343° | 1,090 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Carlo | W 269° | 1,086 m | 8.1 mi |
| Fulling Mill Mountain | WNW 295° | 1,046 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:17 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 19:48 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:04 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:19 | 16:07 |
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 | 17 | 18 | 27 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rumford 6SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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