Basket Island
Basket Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Clapboard Island, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Chebeague and Cumberland Land Trust, Inc.
How to reach it
- 21.1 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Clapboard Island: 1.4 mi
- Indian Point CCLT easement: 1.7 mi
- Curit Property CCLT easement: 1.9 mi
- Woodman Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Underwood School Park: 2.3 mi
- Sunset Landing: 1.5 mi
- Little Chebeague Island: 1.8 mi
- Town Land: 2.4 mi
- Camp Soci: 2.8 mi
- Falmouth Legion Complex: 3.4 mi
- Chandler Cove Beach: 2.3 mi
- East End Beach: 2.5 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 2.9 mi
- Andrews Beach: 3.7 mi
- Kennedy Beach: 4.3 mi
- Sturdivant Hill: 2.6 mi
- Spears Hill: 2.6 mi
- Rohrs Hill: 2.7 mi
- York Hill: 3.2 mi
- Hunger Hill: 4.0 mi
- Battery Abbot: 3.2 mi
- Eartha: 5.1 mi
- Jewell Island Military Reservation: 5.3 mi
- Fort Gorges: 5.7 mi
- Schooner Windfall: 5.9 mi
- Yarmouth Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Yarmouth Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Casco Bay Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Longfellow Arboretum: 6.4 mi
- Boyd Street Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Big Indian: 5.8 mi
- Portland Observatory: 6.3 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 6.5 mi
- Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 6.9 mi
- Cumberland Farmers Club: 8.1 mi
- Fort McKinley Museum: 3.8 mi
- Yarmouth Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- Umbrella Cover Museum: 5.7 mi
- Fifth Maine Regiment Museum: 5.8 mi
- Admiral Robert E. Peary Home Museum: 5.9 mi
- Can't Stop Hip Hop: 5.5 mi
- Cloud Couch: 6.4 mi
- The Armillary: 6.7 mi
- Triangles At Work: 7.0 mi
- Biosphere: 7.3 mi
- White Head Cliff: 6.3 mi
- The Cliffs: 6.4 mi
- Cod Ledges: 6.8 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 7.0 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 11.5 mi
- First Falls: 4.5 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 5.4 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 17.9 mi
- Bug Light: 6.4 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 21.2 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 21.2 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Cold Bowling Spring: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Basket Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | WNW 303° | 178 m | 11.2 mi |
| Dutton Hill | NW 312° | 175 m | 11.8 mi |
| Hunt Hill | NW 315° | 153 m | 11.5 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | WNW 282° | 151 m | 7.9 mi |
| Baker Mountain | WNW 301° | 149 m | 12.5 mi |
| Leighton Hill | W 276° | 145 m | 8.3 mi |
| Libby Hill | WNW 295° | 144 m | 10.9 mi |
| Bradbury Mountain | N 356° | 143 m | 11.6 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 | 06:28 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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