Nature reserve · Maine
Brent Halsey Educational Forest
Brent Halsey Educational Forest is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Peaked Mountain stands 350 m to the east-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Corn Field Loop, a attraction 0.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Orono Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates44.90690, -68.64610
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Heart Attack Hill: 1.4 mi
- Bangor Hill: 2.8 mi
- Bangor Hill: 2.9 mi
- Oak Hill: 3.1 mi
- Newman Hill: 3.4 mi
Parks
- Marden Park: 1.5 mi
- Perkins Avenue Park: 1.5 mi
- Webster Park: 1.8 mi
- Summer Street Park: 1.9 mi
- Peace Pole Park: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves: 45
- Jeremiah Colburn Natural Area: 2.2 mi
- Dwight B. Demeritt Forest: 2.3 mi
- Pearce Conservation Easement: 2.4 mi
- Dwight B. Demeritt Forest: 2.4 mi
- Rampe Conservation Easement: 2.5 mi
Artworks: 18
- Bell Tower: 1.1 mi
- Maine Engineering: 1.1 mi
- Civil Engineering Steel Sculpture: 1.2 mi
- Fighting Black Bear Statue: 1.2 mi
- All Along The Watchtower: 2.1 mi
Museums: 16
- Hudson Museum: 1.1 mi
- Page Farm and Home Museum: 1.2 mi
- Old Town Museum: 1.8 mi
- Maine Forest and Logging Museum: 2.4 mi
- Penobscot Nation Museum: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 16
- Civil War Monument: 1.7 mi
- Peace Pole: 1.9 mi
- Binnette: 2.1 mi
- War Monument: 2.2 mi
- VFW: 2.2 mi
Attractions: 13
- Corn Field Loop: 0.4 mi
- Old Town Loop: 0.7 mi
- Dorion Loop: 1.1 mi
- Pinkham Trails: 1.1 mi
- Otto Farm Loop: 1.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Parks Pond Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Fletcher Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Rider Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Carter Bluff: 16.4 mi
Gardens: 5
- Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 1.6 mi
- Indian Island Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Children's Garden: 9.9 mi
- UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 10.3 mi
- Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 15.2 mi
Beaches: 4
- Dunn Beach: 18.8 mi
- Otis Beach: 19.4 mi
- Jesse Beach: 21.5 mi
- Hales Beach: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Lovers Leap: 9.3 mi
- Mariaville Falls: 14.4 mi
- Grand Falls: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Riceville: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Brent Halsey Educational Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Mountain | ESE 121° | 350 m | 10.4 mi |
| Big Hill | SSE 164° | 338 m | 15.0 mi |
| Springy Brook Mountain | E 89° | 315 m | 13.3 mi |
| Blackcap | SSE 160° | 312 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bald Bluff Mountain | E 94° | 305 m | 12.1 mi |
| Jellison Hill | ESE 120° | 284 m | 12.8 mi |
| Chick Hill | ESE 118° | 271 m | 10.0 mi |
| Morrison Pond Mountain | E 87° | 270 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:08 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:40 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:22 | 17:55 | 18:34 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:08 | 15:57 |
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 | 19 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 68 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 27 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orono, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/306628656
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