Nature reserve · Maine
Caribou Bog Conservation Area
Caribou Bog Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Peaked Mountain stands 350 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Orono Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates44.90343, -68.72467
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Newman Hill: 0.5 mi
- Bangor Hill: 0.9 mi
- Bangor Hill: 1.2 mi
- Kelley Hill: 1.4 mi
- Fairdale Hill: 2.6 mi
Parks
- Coombs Park: 1.9 mi
- Disc Golf Park: 2.5 mi
- Brownie's Park: 2.7 mi
- Webster Park: 3.0 mi
- Summer Street Park: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves: 48
- Caribou Bog Conservation Area: 0.3 mi
- Hinds-Keleti Conservation Easement: 0.5 mi
- Hinds Conservation Easement: 0.5 mi
- Caribou Bog Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Smith Farm: 1.2 mi
Artworks: 18
- Fighting Black Bear Statue: 2.7 mi
- Civil Engineering Steel Sculpture: 2.7 mi
- Maine Engineering: 2.8 mi
- Bell Tower: 2.8 mi
- All Along The Watchtower: 4.5 mi
Historic sites: 16
- Civil War Monument: 2.2 mi
- Peace Pole: 4.4 mi
- Binnette: 4.5 mi
- War Monument: 4.5 mi
- Spencer: 4.5 mi
Museums: 16
- Hudson Museum: 2.9 mi
- Page Farm and Home Museum: 2.9 mi
- Old Town Museum: 4.4 mi
- Penobscot Nation Museum: 4.5 mi
- Maine Forest and Logging Museum: 4.8 mi
Attractions: 13
- Otto Farm Loop: 2.5 mi
- Dorion Loop: 2.8 mi
- Old Town Loop: 3.3 mi
- Pinkham Trails: 3.4 mi
- Corn Field Loop: 3.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Rider Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Parks Pond Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Fletcher Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Carter Bluff: 20.2 mi
Gardens: 5
- Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 2.5 mi
- Indian Island Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 7.7 mi
- Children's Garden: 7.9 mi
- Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 11.7 mi
Beaches: 3
- Dunn Beach: 21.0 mi
- Otis Beach: 21.5 mi
- Jesse Beach: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Lovers Leap: 6.8 mi
- Mariaville Falls: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Riceville: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Caribou Bog Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Mountain | ESE 112° | 350 m | 13.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSE 161° | 342 m | 17.9 mi |
| Big Hill | SSE 150° | 338 m | 16.3 mi |
| Springy Brook Mountain | E 88° | 315 m | 17.1 mi |
| Blackcap | SE 143° | 312 m | 12.9 mi |
| Bald Bluff Mountain | E 92° | 305 m | 15.9 mi |
| Jellison Hill | ESE 112° | 284 m | 16.2 mi |
| Chick Hill | ESE 109° | 271 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 19:40 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 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 | 17 | 19 | 29 | 41 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Town 2 W, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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