Battery Bowdoin
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Battery Bowdoin is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Daniels, a historic site 0.1 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 20 miles off.
The story
Fort in Maine.
Dates from 1898.
Wikidata Q5471510, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.
How to reach it
- 20.5 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Picnic Point: 0.8 mi
- Cliff House Beach: 1.2 mi
- Fisherman's Point: 1.2 mi
- Willard Beach: 1.3 mi
- Plaisted Park: 1.4 mi
- Farm Hill: 0.2 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 2.1 mi
- Hunger Hill: 3.1 mi
- Barren Hill: 3.5 mi
- Shore Acres Hill: 4.3 mi
- The Parks Department Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- The Cape Community Garden at Maxwell's Farm: 3.0 mi
- Boyd Street Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Casco Bay Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Wadsworth-Longfellow Gardens: 3.2 mi
- Battery Daniels: 0.1 mi
- Battery Kendrick: 0.1 mi
- Fort Levett: 0.2 mi
- Battery Ferguson: 0.2 mi
- Fort Scammell: 0.9 mi
- Big Beach: 0.3 mi
- Bathing Beach: 0.3 mi
- Little Beach: 0.4 mi
- Clam Beach: 0.4 mi
- Devil's Bathing Beach: 0.5 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 2.6 mi
- Portland Observatory: 2.9 mi
- Elks Club: 6.0 mi
- Ampitheater: 7.0 mi
- Thunderhole: 11.7 mi
- Ram Island: 0.7 mi
- Peaks Island Land Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Memorial Woods: 1.8 mi
- Bishop Healy Woods: 1.8 mi
- The Quiet Oaks: 1.9 mi
- Fifth Maine Regiment Museum: 0.9 mi
- Umbrella Cover Museum: 1.1 mi
- Cushing's Point Museum: 1.9 mi
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: 2.7 mi
- Fort McKinley Museum: 3.0 mi
- The Armillary: 2.7 mi
- Seven: 3.3 mi
- Triangles At Work: 3.5 mi
- Duck House: 3.7 mi
- Pinecone: 3.8 mi
- Cod Ledges: 0.2 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 0.3 mi
- The Cliffs: 0.5 mi
- White Head Cliff: 0.6 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 4.9 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 6.6 mi
- First Falls: 11.0 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 12.3 mi
- Bug Light: 2.0 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Battery Bowdoin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | NNW 329° | 178 m | 14.8 mi |
| Leighton Hill | NW 319° | 145 m | 9.9 mi |
| Libby Hill | NW 323° | 144 m | 13.8 mi |
| Bruce Hill | NNW 345° | 136 m | 13.2 mi |
| Poplar Ridge | NNW 329° | 133 m | 12.6 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NW 320° | 129 m | 9.4 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNW 348° | 129 m | 14.0 mi |
| Milliken Hill | NW 311° | 119 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:20 | 16:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element way/908503292
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