Fort Gorges
Fort Gorges is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of -8 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is West Shore Sandy Beach, a beach 0.5 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 19 miles off.
The story
Fort Gorges is a former United States military fort built on Hog Island Ledge in Casco Bay, Maine, United States. Built from 1858 to 1865, no battles were fought there and no troops were stationed there. Advancing military technology, including iron clad ships and long range guns, rendered the fort obsolete before it could be used. The fort is now a park, accessible only by boat. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
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Dates from 1865.
Wikidata Q5471234, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1629
- Material
- stone
What to expect
- Operated by
- Friends of Fort Gorges
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 19.0 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Memorial Woods: 0.7 mi
- Memorial Woods: 0.7 mi
- Memorial Woods: 0.7 mi
- The Quiet Oaks: 0.8 mi
- Bishop Healy Woods: 0.8 mi
- Liberty Ship Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Mast of the USS Portland: 0.9 mi
- Fort Scammell: 1.0 mi
- Fort Preble: 1.0 mi
- First Civic Monument: 1.2 mi
- Bug Light Park: 0.9 mi
- Marada Adams Park: 1.2 mi
- Amethyst Park: 1.2 mi
- Eastern Promenade: 1.2 mi
- Moon Tide Park: 1.2 mi
- Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Casco Bay Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Boyd Street Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Bayside Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Wadsworth-Longfellow Gardens: 2.0 mi
- Farm Hill: 1.7 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 2.2 mi
- Hunger Hill: 3.0 mi
- Graves Hill: 3.1 mi
- Rocky Hill: 3.6 mi
- West Shore Sandy Beach: 0.5 mi
- Sunset Beach: 0.9 mi
- Lobster Pound Beach: 1.0 mi
- East End Beach: 1.0 mi
- Seaglass Beach: 1.0 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 1.2 mi
- Portland Observatory: 1.3 mi
- Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 1.6 mi
- Elks Club: 4.9 mi
- Ampitheater: 5.6 mi
- Cushing's Point Museum: 1.0 mi
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: 1.2 mi
- Umbrella Cover Museum: 1.3 mi
- Maine Jewish Museum: 1.6 mi
- Fifth Maine Regiment Museum: 1.6 mi
- The Armillary: 1.4 mi
- Triangles At Work: 2.1 mi
- Seven: 2.1 mi
- Duck House: 2.4 mi
- Cloud Couch: 2.6 mi
- White Head Cliff: 2.0 mi
- The Cliffs: 2.0 mi
- Cod Ledges: 2.1 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 2.1 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 5.9 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 4.7 mi
- First Falls: 9.6 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 12.4 mi
- Steep Falls: 23.7 mi
- Bug Light: 0.8 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Cold Bowling Spring: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Fort Gorges. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | NNW 329° | 178 m | 12.9 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NW 323° | 151 m | 8.3 mi |
| Leighton Hill | NW 317° | 145 m | 8.0 mi |
| Libby Hill | NW 323° | 144 m | 11.9 mi |
| Bruce Hill | NNW 348° | 136 m | 11.4 mi |
| Poplar Ridge | NNW 329° | 133 m | 10.7 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NW 318° | 129 m | 7.5 mi |
| Walnut Hill | N 351° | 129 m | 12.2 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/220488395
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