Nature reserve · Maine
Cow Island
Cow Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Whitten Hill stands 193 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lishness Park, a park 0.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates43.91648, -69.93738
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Lishness Park: 0.5 mi
- Merrymeeting Park: 0.7 mi
- Chamberlain Avenue Esplanade: 1.1 mi
- Pinette’s Landing: 1.1 mi
- 250th Anniversary Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
- Sidney J. Watson: 1.1 mi
- Robert P. Dunlap: 1.1 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain: 1.1 mi
- Frances Caroline Chamberlain: 1.1 mi
- Charles J. Gilman: 1.1 mi
Gardens
- Senior Garden: 1.2 mi
- Pumpkin Garden: 1.2 mi
- Bowdoin Organic Garden: 1.3 mi
- Coffin Street Garden: 1.4 mi
- Saint Paul's Memorial Garden: 1.5 mi
Attractions
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 1.2 mi
- Fishway Viewing Area: 1.5 mi
- Cripps Creek Disc Golf Course: 1.9 mi
- "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 9.2 mi
- LL Bean Boot: 9.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Coffin's Ice Pond: 1.7 mi
- Transfer Station Trails: 1.7 mi
- Neptune Woods: 1.9 mi
- Greater Commons: 2.3 mi
- Town Commons: 2.3 mi
Peaks
- Mount Ararat: 2.0 mi
- Buttermilk Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Rocky Hill: 4.0 mi
- Great Hill: 4.4 mi
- Sprague Hill: 4.5 mi
Museums: 50
- Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum: 1.3 mi
- Pejepscot Historical Society: 1.3 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum: 1.4 mi
- Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum: 1.4 mi
- Maine Maritime Museum: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 47
- Coffin Pond: 2.6 mi
- Thomas Point Beach: 2.8 mi
- Sea Cove Beach: 11.6 mi
- Spring Beach: 13.2 mi
- Popham Beach: 13.9 mi
Artworks: 41
- The Lineman: 1.1 mi
- Scenting the Wind: 1.1 mi
- Polar Bear Statue: 1.3 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain: 1.4 mi
- Time Out: 1.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Hockomock Head: 9.1 mi
- Morse Point: 14.4 mi
- The Bluff: 17.0 mi
- White Head Cliff: 22.6 mi
- The Cliffs: 22.7 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 7.4 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 7.4 mi
- Bug Light: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- First Falls: 14.5 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Cow Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitten Hill | NNW 345° | 193 m | 13.2 mi |
| Bradbury Mountain | W 266° | 143 m | 12.2 mi |
| Tryon Mountain | W 269° | 119 m | 12.8 mi |
| Tate Hill | NNW 332° | 109 m | 6.1 mi |
| Cox Pinnacle | WNW 286° | 108 m | 6.5 mi |
| Bibber Hill | W 269° | 105 m | 11.9 mi |
| Whites Hill | NW 313° | 98 m | 11.9 mi |
| Wheeler Hill | N 352° | 89 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:42 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:01 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:18 | 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 | 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/81610068
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