Nature reserve · Maine
Butler Head Preserve
Butler Head Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Whitten Hill stands 193 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Center Point Preserve, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Bath
How to reach it
Coordinates43.96992, -69.84860
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Center Point Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Whiskeag Creek Wetlands: 2.1 mi
- Thorne Head Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Beatrice B. Baxter Memorial Forest: 2.2 mi
- Merrymeeting Fields Preserve: 2.3 mi
Peaks
- Sprague Hill: 2.7 mi
- Powers Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Great Hill: 5.1 mi
- Gilmore Hill: 5.3 mi
- Ozone Mountain: 5.5 mi
Parks
- Bay Bridge Landing Wetland Park: 3.2 mi
- Lambert Park: 3.3 mi
- Cathance Meadows: 3.4 mi
- Philip Mailly Waterfront Park: 3.5 mi
- Druid Park: 3.7 mi
Attractions: 59
- Cripps Creek Disc Golf Course: 4.4 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 6.8 mi
- Fishway Viewing Area: 6.8 mi
- Vayo Meditation Garden: 11.3 mi
- Haney Hillside Garden: 11.4 mi
Historic sites: 44
- Honor the Brave Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Mount Ararat 9/11 memorial: 6.0 mi
- Sidney J. Watson: 6.8 mi
- Robert P. Dunlap: 6.8 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain: 6.9 mi
Museums: 40
- Maine Maritime Museum Library Archives: 5.5 mi
- Maine Maritime Museum: 5.5 mi
- Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum: 6.4 mi
- Pejepscot Historical Society: 6.9 mi
- Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum: 7.0 mi
Artworks: 35
- Wyoming schooner: 5.4 mi
- The Lineman: 6.8 mi
- Scenting the Wind: 6.9 mi
- Polar Bear Statue: 7.0 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 29
- Thomas Point Beach: 5.7 mi
- Coffin Pond: 7.8 mi
- Cole Beach: 12.8 mi
- Hendricks Head Beach: 12.9 mi
- South Beach: 13.7 mi
Gardens: 28
- Sunken Garden: 4.6 mi
- Bath Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Pumpkin Garden: 6.0 mi
- Senior Garden: 6.5 mi
- Bowdoin Organic Garden: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Hockomock Head: 6.7 mi
- The Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Morse Point: 16.4 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 6.4 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 6.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- First Falls: 20.2 mi
- Bond Brook Falls: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Butler Head Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitten Hill | NW 320° | 193 m | 12.0 mi |
| Blinn Hill | NE 38° | 135 m | 13.5 mi |
| Ring Hill | N 359° | 116 m | 12.9 mi |
| Tate Hill | WNW 284° | 109 m | 7.5 mi |
| Cox Pinnacle | W 260° | 108 m | 10.8 mi |
| Call Hill | NE 36° | 105 m | 9.9 mi |
| Whites Hill | WNW 289° | 98 m | 13.8 mi |
| Wheeler Hill | NW 305° | 89 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:42 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:01 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:17 | 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 | 21 | 22 | 31 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bath, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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