Viles Arboretum
Viles Arboretum is a garden in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Patrick Mountain stands 266 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Coburn Park, a park 0.7 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1982
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Coburn Park: 0.7 mi
- McCall's Park: 0.8 mi
- Kennebec River Rail Trail Park: 1.0 mi
- Gage Street Park: 1.2 mi
- East Side Boatlanding Park: 1.3 mi
- Judy Kane Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Augusta Nature Education Center: 1.3 mi
- Howard Hill Conservation Area: 1.6 mi
- Effie L. Berry Conservation Area: 1.9 mi
- Bond Brook Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
- Winter Hill: 1.5 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 1.7 mi
- Howard Hill: 1.9 mi
- Burnt Hill: 2.0 mi
- Hunts Hill: 2.5 mi
- Maine State Museum: 1.3 mi
- First Amendment Museum at the Gannett House: 1.3 mi
- Old Fort Western: 1.4 mi
- Kennebec Historical Society: 1.7 mi
- Klahr Center: 3.3 mi
- Mausoleum and Memorial of Enoch Lincoln: 1.0 mi
- Maine Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Children's 9/11 Memorial: 1.2 mi
- World War I Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Civil War Monument: 1.3 mi
- Liberty Bell: 1.3 mi
- Dr Hubbard Office: 1.8 mi
- Dummer House: 1.8 mi
- Demolition Derby Pit: 8.1 mi
- Kiddie Land: 8.1 mi
- Samantha Smith: 1.3 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 1.3 mi
- Community Celebration Mural: 1.4 mi
- Sacred Heart of Jesus: 1.9 mi
- Fisher Man: 18.0 mi
- Cony Circle Garden: 1.3 mi
- Mill Park Garden: 1.8 mi
- University of Maine at Augusta Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Loon Cove: 4.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 20.9 mi
- Tyler’s Pond Beach: 6.8 mi
- East Winthrop Beach: 7.0 mi
- Town Beach: 11.5 mi
- Richardson's Beach: 15.3 mi
- Stinchfield Beach: 17.2 mi
- Bond Brook Falls: 1.9 mi
- The Bluff: 11.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Viles Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Mountain | E 87° | 266 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | W 273° | 246 m | 13.1 mi |
| Bowen Hill | NW 317° | 238 m | 16.1 mi |
| Oak Hill | WNW 296° | 221 m | 16.3 mi |
| Danforth Hill | SW 231° | 208 m | 15.9 mi |
| Morrison Heights | W 277° | 204 m | 14.8 mi |
| Hornbeam Mountain | NW 323° | 204 m | 15.5 mi |
| Monks Hill | NW 305° | 203 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:56 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:00 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:15 | 16:03 |
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 | 20 | 23 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Augusta State AP, 2 mi away.
- Asian Lady Beetle29 obs
- American Bullfrog26 obs
- Painted Turtle23 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee23 obs
- Downy jumping spider22 obs
- staghorn sumac21 obs
- Japanese Beetle20 obs
- White-tailed Deer19 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/613115001
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