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Wadsworth-Longfellow Gardens

Wadsworth-Longfellow Gardens from directly overhead

Wadsworth-Longfellow Gardens is a garden in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Wadsworth-Longfellow House, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 17 miles off.

What to expect

Seasonal
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates43.65719, -70.26052

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Pleasant Street Park: 0.2 mi
  • Lobsterman Park: 0.2 mi
  • Portland Square Park: 0.2 mi
  • Tommy's Park: 0.3 mi
  • Post Office Park: 0.3 mi
Gardens
  • Bayside Community Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Shaw Sculpture Park: 0.3 mi
  • Rose Circle: 0.4 mi
  • Boyd Street Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • USM Community Garden: 0.9 mi
Beaches
Peaks
  • Meetinghouse Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Graves Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Barren Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Farm Hill: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Hobart Street Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
  • Sawyer Marsh: 2.3 mi
  • Sawyer Marsh: 2.4 mi
  • Dow's Woods Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
  • Memorial Woods: 2.6 mi
Attractions: 48
  • Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 0.4 mi
  • Tug Stamford Propeller: 0.8 mi
  • Portland Observatory: 0.8 mi
  • Elks Club: 2.9 mi
  • Ampitheater: 3.8 mi
Artworks: 32
Cliffs: 9
  • Cunner Ledges: 3.3 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 3.4 mi
  • The Cliffs: 3.6 mi
  • White Head Cliff: 3.6 mi
  • Spurwink Rock Ledge: 5.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Presumpscot Falls: 4.4 mi
  • First Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 10.7 mi
  • Steep Falls: 22.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Davis Spring: 24.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 20.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Wadsworth-Longfellow Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Atherton HillNNW 338°178 m12.4 mi
Blackstrap HillNNW 337°151 m7.7 mi
Leighton HillNNW 330°145 m7.2 mi
Libby HillNNW 332°144 m11.2 mi
Bruce HillN 358°136 m11.6 mi
Poplar RidgeNNW 340°133 m10.3 mi
Blackstrap HillNNW 333°129 m6.8 mi
Walnut HillN 0°129 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0019:4320:27
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:1215:2116:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634455564706962504030
Precip in3.53.54.14.43.74.13.43.63.85.34.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 2 mi away.

  • American Herring Gull327 obs
  • rugosa rose250 obs
  • Common Eider205 obs
  • chicory132 obs
  • staghorn sumac112 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird104 obs
  • House Sparrow103 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee99 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/349171951

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