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Bethel Community Forest

Bethel Community Forest from directly overhead

Bethel Community Forest is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 211 m. Wheeler Mountain stands 969 m to the west-northwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Angevine Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Grafton Notch Scenic Byway passes 6.7 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates44.43175, -70.83241

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Angevine Park: 0.6 mi
  • Davis Park: 2.4 mi
  • Veteran’s Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
  • Bethel Common: 2.8 mi
  • Moran's Landing: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Waterfalls: 21
  • Kees Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Screw Auger Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Mad River Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Hermit Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Brickett Falls: 15.9 mi
Historic sites: 16
Cliffs: 14
Picnic sites: 13
  • Gilead Picnic Ground: 7.3 mi
  • P6: 19.6 mi
  • P10: 19.6 mi
  • P5: 19.6 mi
  • P9: 19.6 mi
Museums: 7
Attractions: 6
  • Moose Cave: 11.7 mi
  • Oxford County Fairground: 22.3 mi
  • ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 23.2 mi
  • Lakeside Grange #63: 23.4 mi
  • Harrison Histrorical Society - Farmhouse: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Greenwood Town Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 18.0 mi
  • Gage Rice Beach: 18.0 mi
  • Keoka Lake Beach: 18.4 mi
  • Long Lake Beach: 23.2 mi
Springs: 5
  • Mt Zircon Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Mountain fountain: 14.6 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Cooper Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 24.5 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Rumford Community Garden: 16.4 mi
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 17.4 mi
  • The Eiffel Tower of Paris, Maine: 21.5 mi
Artworks: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Snow Falls Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Coos Canyon Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Bethel Community Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wheeler MountainWNW 287°969 m4.0 mi
Black MountainWNW 294°964 m4.1 mi
OzWNW 299°958 m4.1 mi
Bear MountainW 279°955 m6.3 mi
Jordan BowlWNW 300°939 m4.3 mi
Lary Brook MountainWNW 288°909 m7.8 mi
Campbell MountainW 274°900 m6.1 mi
Robinson PeakW 274°891 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1718:56
June solstice05:0019:4720:32
September equinox06:3118:0418:43
December solstice07:1715:1916:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182129425463686759473625
Precip in3.73.13.54.33.85.34.65.03.85.34.24.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethel 6 SSE, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/933102073

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