Pownalborough Courthouse
Pownalborough Courthouse is a museum in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Sabattus Mountain stands 244 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Pownalborough Court House, a park 0.1 miles away.
The story
Dresden, Maine, Lincoln County's first courthouse
Wikidata Q7236922, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Lincoln County Historical Association
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pownalborough Court House: 0.1 mi
- Pownalborough Court House Trails: 0.3 mi
- Fort Richmond Park: 2.1 mi
- Lane Field: 2.2 mi
- Johnson Field: 4.6 mi
- Call Hill: 2.4 mi
- Blinn Hill: 4.5 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 4.9 mi
- Ring Hill: 5.5 mi
- Palmer Hill: 6.3 mi
- Eastern River Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Richmond Town Forest: 6.2 mi
- Webber-Rogers Farmstead Conservation A: 6.6 mi
- Holman Conservation Area: 7.5 mi
- Midcoast Conservancy Land: 7.7 mi
- Castle Tucker: 8.7 mi
- Fort Edgecomb: 9.5 mi
- Honor the Brave Memorial: 13.7 mi
- Mausoleum and Memorial of Enoch Lincoln: 13.8 mi
- Maine Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 13.9 mi
- CHTJ Southard House Museum: 2.2 mi
- Center School: 7.6 mi
- Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum: 7.8 mi
- Lincoln County Museum: 8.4 mi
- Nickels-Sortwell House: 8.7 mi
- Samantha Smith: 13.8 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps: 13.8 mi
- Community Celebration Mural: 14.5 mi
- Wyoming schooner: 14.8 mi
- Sacred Heart of Jesus: 15.0 mi
- The Barn: 10.1 mi
- Dummer House: 12.5 mi
- Dr Hubbard Office: 12.5 mi
- Damariscotta River Cruises: 12.7 mi
- Cripps Creek Disc Golf Course: 13.8 mi
- Sunken Garden: 8.7 mi
- Viles Arboretum: 13.3 mi
- Sunken Garden: 14.2 mi
- Cony Circle Garden: 14.5 mi
- Mill Park Garden: 14.9 mi
- Thomas Point Beach: 15.9 mi
- East Winthrop Beach: 16.1 mi
- Coffin Pond: 16.9 mi
- Tyler’s Pond Beach: 19.5 mi
- Cole Beach: 19.8 mi
- The Bluff: 1.4 mi
- Hockomock Head: 14.4 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 15.4 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 15.5 mi
- Bond Brook Falls: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Pownalborough Courthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabattus Mountain | W 280° | 244 m | 15.6 mi |
| Danforth Hill | WNW 286° | 208 m | 12.5 mi |
| Hodgman Hill | W 280° | 198 m | 13.5 mi |
| Whitten Hill | W 269° | 193 m | 11.8 mi |
| Oak Hill | WNW 284° | 189 m | 12.8 mi |
| Springer Hill | WNW 295° | 168 m | 10.1 mi |
| Beech Hill | NNE 30° | 165 m | 8.4 mi |
| Givens Hill | NNE 29° | 165 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:42 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:00 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:16 | 16:04 |
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 | 22 | 31 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gardiner, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/764008298
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