Nature reserve · Maine
Castner Brook Community Forest
Castner Brook Community Forest is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Coggans Hill stands 245 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Top Farm, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates44.02890, -69.51355
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Round Top Farm: 0.7 mi
- Pete Noyes Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Whaleback Shell Midden State Historic Site: 0.9 mi
- Sherman Lake Wildlife Management Area: 1.2 mi
- Paradise Pond Preserve: 1.5 mi
Parks
- Riverside Park: 1.0 mi
- Newcastle Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Ice House Park: 2.5 mi
- Sherman Lake Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Ellingwood Park: 4.6 mi
Peaks
- Hopkins Hill: 4.3 mi
- Johnston Hill: 4.3 mi
- Hunt Hill: 4.5 mi
- Haggett Hill: 5.3 mi
- Mount Hunger: 6.0 mi
Museums: 51
- Chapman-Hall House Museum: 0.8 mi
- Newcastle Historical Center: 1.2 mi
- Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway Museum: 5.9 mi
- Center School: 6.3 mi
- Lincoln County Museum: 7.4 mi
Historic sites: 37
- Arthur Noble Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Bristol War Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Fort Edgecomb: 7.5 mi
- Castle Tucker: 8.0 mi
- Fort William Henry: 10.5 mi
Attractions: 30
- Damariscotta River Cruises: 1.0 mi
- The Barn: 8.8 mi
- La Verna Preserve (Emergency Entrance): 9.3 mi
- Goats: 10.2 mi
- Antique Engine Display: 10.2 mi
Beaches: 27
- Walker's Beach: 8.6 mi
- Sand Cove Beach: 13.1 mi
- Drift Inn Beach: 15.1 mi
- Grimes Cove Beach: 15.3 mi
- Sea Glass Beach: 16.0 mi
Gardens: 18
- Sunken Garden: 7.8 mi
- Miller School Garden: 8.0 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 12.0 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 12.1 mi
- Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
- The Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Hockomock Head: 15.1 mi
- Burnt Head: 21.1 mi
- Norton's Ledge: 21.2 mi
- Morse Point: 24.7 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 17.2 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 17.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Bond Brook Falls: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Castner Brook Community Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coggans Hill | NE 34° | 245 m | 18.3 mi |
| Barrett Hill | NE 44° | 208 m | 18.6 mi |
| Clarry Hill | NE 39° | 197 m | 15.0 mi |
| Meadow Mountain | NE 55° | 187 m | 18.7 mi |
| Beech Hill | NW 326° | 165 m | 15.2 mi |
| Givens Hill | NNW 342° | 165 m | 18.5 mi |
| Crummett Mountain | N 5° | 157 m | 18.0 mi |
| Haskell Hill | N 10° | 148 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:12 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 04:56 | 19:41 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 17:59 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:16 | 16:03 |
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 | 22 | 25 | 33 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcastle, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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