Nature reserve · Maine
Cliff Trail
Cliff Trail is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Bradbury Mountain stands 143 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Reach Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Harpswell
How to reach it
Coordinates43.81651, -69.93847
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Long Reach Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Fales Hill: 0.7 mi
- Cranberryhorn Hill: 2.1 mi
- Misery Hill: 2.3 mi
- Orrs Hill: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Strawberry Creek Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Long Reach Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Otter Brook Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Doughty Point and Island Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Doughty Point and Island Preserve: 1.5 mi
Parks
- Trufant-Summerton Ballfield: 0.7 mi
- Municipal Hiking Trail Parking Lot: 1.4 mi
- Houghton Graves Park: 4.3 mi
- Mitchell Field: 4.8 mi
- Shulman Park: 5.4 mi
Historic sites
- Monument E: 4.8 mi
- Bowdoin War Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Bowdoin Civil War Monument: 6.4 mi
- Sidney J. Watson: 6.4 mi
- Benjamin Orr: 6.5 mi
Gardens
- Floratorium: 5.1 mi
- Coffin Street Garden: 6.2 mi
- Bowdoin Organic Garden: 6.3 mi
- Organic Vegetable Fields: 6.7 mi
- Organic Gardens: 6.8 mi
Attractions
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 6.8 mi
- Thunderhole: 7.1 mi
- Fishway Viewing Area: 7.3 mi
- "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 8.7 mi
- LL Bean Boot: 8.7 mi
Museums: 48
- Harpswell Historical Society Museum: 2.7 mi
- Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum: 5.6 mi
- Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum: 6.4 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum: 6.6 mi
- Pejepscot Historical Society: 6.8 mi
Beaches: 47
- Sea Cove Beach: 5.0 mi
- Thomas Point Beach: 5.8 mi
- Spring Beach: 7.1 mi
- Sand Dune Beach: 7.6 mi
- Coffin Pond: 7.7 mi
Artworks: 45
- Labyrinth in the Woods: 6.0 mi
- Time Out: 6.1 mi
- Cedar Waxwings Petroglyph: 6.3 mi
- Scenting the Wind: 6.4 mi
- Circles Petroglyph: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Morse Point: 9.1 mi
- Hockomock Head: 10.7 mi
- White Head Cliff: 17.2 mi
- The Cliffs: 17.4 mi
- Cod Ledges: 17.9 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 8.5 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 8.5 mi
- Bug Light: 18.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- First Falls: 12.0 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Cliff Trail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradbury Mountain | WNW 296° | 143 m | 13.5 mi |
| Tate Hill | NNW 347° | 109 m | 12.7 mi |
| Cox Pinnacle | NW 325° | 108 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bibber Hill | WNW 299° | 105 m | 13.6 mi |
| Oak Hill | NW 321° | 85 m | 7.7 mi |
| Hedgehog Mountain | WNW 290° | 85 m | 10.0 mi |
| Fuller Mountain | E 92° | 81 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bald Rock | NW 318° | 81 m | 9.4 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 | 07:11 | 15:19 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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