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Chandler Brook Preserve

Chandler Brook Preserve from directly overhead

Chandler Brook Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Tarkiln Hill stands 197 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is USFWS Conservation Easement, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 21 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Royal River Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates43.86448, -70.21779

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Old Town House Park: 0.6 mi
  • Wescustogo Park: 1.1 mi
  • Sam Ristich Trail: 2.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
  • Village Green: 2.9 mi
Peaks
Gardens
Historic sites
Beaches: 53
Attractions: 51
  • Desert of Maine: 3.1 mi
  • Bradbury Mountain State Park: 3.1 mi
  • Pineland Farms Corn Maize: 4.0 mi
  • Big Indian: 4.9 mi
  • Cumberland Farmers Club: 5.1 mi
Museums: 40
  • Desert of Maine Farm Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Yarmouth Historical Society: 4.2 mi
  • Warden Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Bustins Island Historical Society: 8.6 mi
  • The Butterfly & Insect Museum: 12.2 mi
Artworks: 32
  • Can't Stop Hip Hop: 3.8 mi
  • Frog Rock: 10.6 mi
  • Labyrinth in the Woods: 11.9 mi
  • Chalk Art Wall: 12.7 mi
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Pismire Bluff: 14.1 mi
  • Fryes Leap: 15.0 mi
  • White Head Cliff: 15.2 mi
  • The Cliffs: 15.3 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • First Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Steep Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 24.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Davis Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Chandler Brook Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tarkiln HillWNW 290°197 m11.3 mi
Atherton HillWSW 247°178 m7.4 mi
Dutton HillW 260°175 m6.3 mi
Adams HillW 278°174 m8.8 mi
Woodbury HillN 354°168 m11.6 mi
Mount HungerW 274°158 m11.0 mi
Bald HillNNW 334°158 m11.8 mi
Hunt HillW 262°153 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:53
June solstice04:5919:4320:27
September equinox06:2918:0218:40
December solstice07:1315:1916:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533445464706961493928
Precip in3.53.34.04.43.64.73.73.84.35.44.74.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gray, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/617247757

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