Captain Alfred Skolfield Preserve
Captain Alfred Skolfield Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Bradbury Mountain stands 143 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pennellville Meadow, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pennellville Meadow: 1.0 mi
- Kate Furbish Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Doughty Point and Island Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Doughty Point and Island Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Austin Cary Tree Farm: 1.7 mi
- Buttermilk Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Misery Hill: 1.8 mi
- Orrs Hill: 2.0 mi
- Cranberryhorn Hill: 2.5 mi
- Fales Hill: 2.8 mi
- Monument E: 1.8 mi
- Bowdoin War Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Sidney J. Watson: 3.4 mi
- Bowdoin Civil War Monument: 3.4 mi
- Benjamin Orr: 3.5 mi
- Municipal Hiking Trail Parking Lot: 2.3 mi
- Shulman Park: 2.5 mi
- Hambleton Avenue Playground: 2.7 mi
- Wildwood Field: 3.2 mi
- Chamberlain Avenue Esplanade: 3.2 mi
- Coffin Street Garden: 3.2 mi
- Bowdoin Organic Garden: 3.2 mi
- Saint Paul's Memorial Garden: 3.9 mi
- Senior Garden: 4.3 mi
- Pumpkin Garden: 4.8 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 3.8 mi
- Fishway Viewing Area: 4.3 mi
- Cripps Creek Disc Golf Course: 5.8 mi
- "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 7.9 mi
- LL Bean Boot: 7.9 mi
- Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum: 2.7 mi
- Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum: 3.4 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum: 3.6 mi
- Pejepscot Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Harpswell Historical Society Museum: 4.7 mi
- Thomas Point Beach: 3.6 mi
- Coffin Pond: 4.8 mi
- Sea Cove Beach: 7.7 mi
- Spring Beach: 9.8 mi
- Sand Dune Beach: 10.4 mi
- Time Out: 3.1 mi
- Labyrinth in the Woods: 3.2 mi
- Scenting the Wind: 3.4 mi
- The Lineman: 3.4 mi
- Polar Bear Statue: 3.5 mi
- Hockomock Head: 9.8 mi
- Morse Point: 11.4 mi
- White Head Cliff: 19.2 mi
- The Cliffs: 19.3 mi
- Cod Ledges: 19.8 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 7.6 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 7.6 mi
- Bug Light: 20.2 mi
- First Falls: 12.4 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Captain Alfred Skolfield Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradbury Mountain | WNW 284° | 143 m | 12.2 mi |
| Tryon Mountain | WNW 287° | 119 m | 12.9 mi |
| Tate Hill | NNW 345° | 109 m | 9.7 mi |
| Cox Pinnacle | NW 314° | 108 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bibber Hill | WNW 288° | 105 m | 12.1 mi |
| Wheeler Hill | N 357° | 89 m | 11.5 mi |
| Oak Hill | WNW 303° | 85 m | 5.4 mi |
| Hedgehog Mountain | W 273° | 85 m | 9.1 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 | 06:28 | 18:01 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:18 | 16:06 |
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 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brunswick NAS, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/770507221
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