Nature reserve · Maine
Center Point Preserve
Center Point Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Danforth Hill stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Butler Head Preserve, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Kennebec Estuary Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates43.98569, -69.86339
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Butler Head Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Merrymeeting Fields Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Beatrice B. Baxter Memorial Forest: 2.3 mi
- Red Rose Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Alora Drive: 2.9 mi
Peaks
- Sprague Hill: 2.0 mi
- Powers Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Wheeler Hill: 5.5 mi
- Mount Ararat: 5.7 mi
- Hornbeam Hill: 6.0 mi
Parks
- Cathance Meadows: 2.2 mi
- Philip Mailly Waterfront Park: 2.2 mi
- Bowdoinham Sports Fields: 2.4 mi
- Bay Bridge Landing Wetland Park: 3.7 mi
- Captain William A. Fitzgerald U.S.N. Recreation and Conservation Area: 4.5 mi
Attractions
- Cripps Creek Disc Golf Course: 4.4 mi
- Fishway Viewing Area: 6.9 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 7.0 mi
- Vayo Meditation Garden: 12.6 mi
- Haney Hillside Garden: 12.6 mi
Historic sites: 44
- Honor the Brave Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Mount Ararat 9/11 memorial: 5.8 mi
- Sidney J. Watson: 7.0 mi
- Robert P. Dunlap: 7.0 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain: 7.1 mi
Museums: 43
- Maine Maritime Museum Library Archives: 6.8 mi
- Maine Maritime Museum: 6.8 mi
- Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum: 6.9 mi
- Pejepscot Historical Society: 7.0 mi
- Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum: 7.2 mi
Artworks: 35
- Wyoming schooner: 6.7 mi
- The Lineman: 7.0 mi
- Scenting the Wind: 7.1 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain: 7.2 mi
- Holy Trinty: 7.2 mi
Gardens: 29
- Sunken Garden: 5.9 mi
- Pumpkin Garden: 6.0 mi
- Senior Garden: 6.6 mi
- Bath Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Saint Paul's Memorial Garden: 7.2 mi
Beaches: 28
- Thomas Point Beach: 6.5 mi
- Coffin Pond: 7.7 mi
- Cole Beach: 14.1 mi
- Hendricks Head Beach: 14.2 mi
- South Beach: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Hockomock Head: 8.0 mi
- The Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Morse Point: 17.6 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 7.7 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- First Falls: 20.3 mi
- Bond Brook Falls: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Center Point Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danforth Hill | NNW 328° | 208 m | 13.7 mi |
| Hodgman Hill | NW 321° | 198 m | 13.6 mi |
| Whitten Hill | NW 319° | 193 m | 10.7 mi |
| Oak Hill | NW 326° | 189 m | 13.8 mi |
| Springer Hill | NNW 341° | 168 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mann Hill | NW 317° | 136 m | 13.1 mi |
| Blinn Hill | NE 44° | 135 m | 13.1 mi |
| Lunts Hill | N 350° | 122 m | 13.6 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 | 20:27 |
| 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1350944949
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