Nature reserve · Maine
Bijhouwer Forest Preserve
Bijhouwer Forest Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Tate Hill stands 109 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Waxwings Petroglyph, a artwork 0.7 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Phippsburg Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates43.82058, -69.82218
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Fuller Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Bridge Hill: 1.3 mi
- Perry Hill: 1.7 mi
- Batchelder Hill: 1.8 mi
- Newtown Hill: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Cooley Center Pond Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Elbow Hill: 1.5 mi
- Bald Head Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Green Point Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Cold Spring Farm Easement: 1.9 mi
Parks
- Morse's Landing: 3.7 mi
- South End Boat Launch: 4.8 mi
- Popham Colony: 4.9 mi
- Fort Popham State Historic Site: 5.0 mi
- Maine Maritime Museum Park: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
- Fort Popham (historical): 4.9 mi
- Honor the Brave Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Southport Civil War Monument: 7.2 mi
- Monument E: 8.1 mi
- Rachel Carson Memorial: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 45
- Popham Beach: 5.3 mi
- Half Mile Beach: 5.4 mi
- Mile Beach: 5.5 mi
- East Beach: 5.6 mi
- Hunnewell Beach: 5.7 mi
Museums: 41
- Phippsburg Historical Museum: 2.4 mi
- Georgetown Historical Society: 3.5 mi
- Maine Maritime Museum: 5.1 mi
- Maine Maritime Museum Library Archives: 5.1 mi
- Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum: 7.5 mi
Artworks: 34
- Cedar Waxwings Petroglyph: 0.7 mi
- Wild Bird Petroglyph: 0.7 mi
- Circles Petroglyph: 2.1 mi
- Wyoming schooner: 5.1 mi
- Windsound: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 31
- Vayo Meditation Garden: 8.7 mi
- Haney Hillside Garden: 8.7 mi
- Arbor Garden: 8.7 mi
- Restaurant Pavilion: 8.8 mi
- Horticultural Building, Costal Maine Botanical Gardens: 9.0 mi
Gardens: 30
- Floratorium: 4.2 mi
- Bath Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Sunken Garden: 5.8 mi
- Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: 8.7 mi
- Bowdoin Organic Garden: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Morse Point: 6.0 mi
- Hockomock Head: 6.3 mi
- The Bluff: 21.3 mi
- White Head Cliff: 22.0 mi
- The Cliffs: 22.1 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 4.5 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 4.6 mi
- Bug Light: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- First Falls: 17.8 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Bijhouwer Forest Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tate Hill | NW 325° | 109 m | 14.8 mi |
| Cox Pinnacle | NW 305° | 108 m | 14.6 mi |
| Kenniston Hill | ENE 66° | 87 m | 11.0 mi |
| Oak Hill | WNW 298° | 85 m | 12.1 mi |
| Fuller Mountain | WSW 240° | 81 m | 0.9 mi |
| Bald Rock | WNW 299° | 81 m | 13.8 mi |
| Higgins Mountain | E 97° | 79 m | 3.1 mi |
| Winston Hill | W 273° | 73 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:42 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:01 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:18 | 16:05 |
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 | 23 | 25 | 32 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westport Island, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
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