Fort Levett
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Fort Levett is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Bowdoin, a historic site 0.2 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 21 miles off.
The story
Fort Levett was a former U.S. Army fort built on Cushing Island, Maine, beginning in 1898. Located in Cumberland County, Maine, in Casco Bay near Portland, Maine, the fort was heavily fortified with guns for coastal defense. Conceived under the Endicott Program in 1885 and begun in the wake of the Spanish–American War, Fort Levett was manned during both world wars. It was part of the Coast Defenses of Portland, later renamed the Harbor Defenses of Portland, a command which protected Portland's port and naval anchorage from 1904 to 1950. The fort's name is sometimes misspelled "Leavitt".
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1898.
Wikidata Q5471510, matched on coordinates and name (269 m apart).
How to reach it
- 20.5 mi off the Pequawket Trail Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Picnic Point: 0.7 mi
- Fisherman's Point: 1.3 mi
- Trott-Littlejohn Park: 1.3 mi
- Cliff House Beach: 1.3 mi
- Ballfield: 1.4 mi
- Farm Hill: 0.2 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 2.2 mi
- Hunger Hill: 2.9 mi
- Barren Hill: 3.7 mi
- Shore Acres Hill: 4.4 mi
- The Parks Department Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- The Cape Community Garden at Maxwell's Farm: 3.2 mi
- Casco Bay Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Boyd Street Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Wadsworth-Longfellow Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Battery Bowdoin: 0.2 mi
- Battery Daniels: 0.2 mi
- Battery Kendrick: 0.3 mi
- Battery Ferguson: 0.3 mi
- Fort Scammell: 0.9 mi
- Bathing Beach: 0.2 mi
- Big Beach: 0.4 mi
- Little Beach: 0.5 mi
- Shell Beach: 0.5 mi
- Clam Beach: 0.5 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 2.7 mi
- Portland Observatory: 3.0 mi
- Elks Club: 6.1 mi
- Ampitheater: 7.0 mi
- Thunderhole: 11.6 mi
- Ram Island: 0.6 mi
- Peaks Island Land Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Memorial Woods: 1.8 mi
- Bishop Healy Woods: 1.8 mi
- The Quiet Oaks: 1.8 mi
- Fifth Maine Regiment Museum: 0.8 mi
- Umbrella Cover Museum: 1.0 mi
- Cushing's Point Museum: 1.9 mi
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: 2.7 mi
- Fort McKinley Museum: 2.9 mi
- The Armillary: 2.8 mi
- Seven: 3.3 mi
- Triangles At Work: 3.5 mi
- Duck House: 3.8 mi
- Pinecone: 3.9 mi
- Cod Ledges: 0.2 mi
- The Cliffs: 0.4 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 0.4 mi
- White Head Cliff: 0.5 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 5.1 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 6.6 mi
- First Falls: 10.9 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 12.4 mi
- Bug Light: 2.1 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Fort Levett. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | NNW 328° | 178 m | 14.7 mi |
| Leighton Hill | NW 318° | 145 m | 9.9 mi |
| Libby Hill | NW 323° | 144 m | 13.8 mi |
| Bruce Hill | NNW 345° | 136 m | 13.1 mi |
| Poplar Ridge | NNW 328° | 133 m | 12.6 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NW 319° | 129 m | 9.4 mi |
| Walnut Hill | NNW 347° | 129 m | 13.9 mi |
| Milliken Hill | NW 310° | 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.
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