Nature reserve · Maine
Beauchamp Point Preserve
Beauchamp Point Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the north, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Rockport Shore Preserve, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Coastal Mountains Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates44.16876, -69.06032
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Rockport Shore Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Harkness Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Beech Hill Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Erickson Fields: 2.0 mi
- The Bog: 2.6 mi
Parks
- Walker Park: 1.2 mi
- Rockport Marine Park: 1.4 mi
- Mary Lea Park: 1.4 mi
- Goodridge Park: 1.4 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
Peaks
- Beech Hill: 2.1 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.1 mi
- Bear Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mount Battie: 3.8 mi
- Dodge Mountain: 3.8 mi
Beaches: 51
- Goodie's Beach: 1.3 mi
- Laite Memorial Beach: 2.4 mi
- Shirt Tail Point: 4.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.4 mi
- Narrow Place Beach: 7.1 mi
Museums: 36
- Mary Meeker Cramer Museum: 2.1 mi
- Conway House Museum: 2.3 mi
- Knox Mill Museum: 2.9 mi
- Center for Maine Contemporary Art: 5.1 mi
- Farnsworth Art Museum: 5.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Millerite Ledges: 6.0 mi
- Maiden Cliff: 6.2 mi
- Spruce Head: 9.6 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 12.0 mi
- The Bluff: 14.1 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 3.1 mi
- Cannon: 4.8 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 14.0 mi
- St. George Fisherman Memorial: 20.0 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 20.1 mi
Artworks: 7
- Andre the Seal: 1.4 mi
- Puffin Wall: 5.0 mi
- Seagull: 5.0 mi
- Lobster: 5.2 mi
- Sphere: 5.4 mi
Gardens: 5
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 5.2 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 8.4 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 12.7 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 12.8 mi
- Miller School Garden: 16.8 mi
Attractions: 4
- Prison Show Room: 9.1 mi
- The Wall: 9.1 mi
- Town of Isle au Haut -Beach: 24.2 mi
- Dome home: 24.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 2.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 12.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Vinal Falls: 12.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Beauchamp Point Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | N 356° | 419 m | 5.0 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | NW 304° | 390 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 318° | 384 m | 5.6 mi |
| Little Ragged Mountain Summit | NW 309° | 375 m | 6.0 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | N 7° | 331 m | 6.9 mi |
| Hatchet Mountain | NW 318° | 330 m | 8.5 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | NNW 343° | 317 m | 11.6 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | WNW 282° | 313 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:10 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:40 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:58 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:13 | 16:01 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Rockport 1 NNW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
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