Nature reserve · Maine
Devil's Back Trail Area
Devil's Back Trail Area is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Bradbury Mountain stands 143 m to the northwest, 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Harpswell
How to reach it
Coordinates43.78811, -69.94840
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Devil's Back Trail Area: 0.2 mi
- Little Yarmouth Island Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Shorewood Conservation Easement: 1.4 mi
- Strawberry Creek Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Widgeon Cove Trail Conservation Easement: 1.8 mi
Peaks
- Long Reach Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Fales Hill: 2.6 mi
- Cranberryhorn Hill: 3.9 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 4.1 mi
- Misery Hill: 4.3 mi
Parks
- Trufant-Summerton Ballfield: 2.2 mi
- Houghton Graves Park: 2.4 mi
- Municipal Hiking Trail Parking Lot: 2.8 mi
- Mitchell Field: 3.5 mi
- Mackerel Cove Lot: 4.6 mi
Gardens
- Floratorium: 4.5 mi
- Organic Vegetable Fields: 6.7 mi
- Organic Gardens: 6.9 mi
- Coffin Street Garden: 8.1 mi
- Bowdoin Organic Garden: 8.1 mi
Attractions
- Thunderhole: 5.1 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 8.6 mi
- "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 9.1 mi
- LL Bean Boot: 9.1 mi
- Fishway Viewing Area: 9.2 mi
Historic sites
- Monument E: 6.6 mi
- Schooner Windfall: 8.1 mi
- Bowdoin War Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Bowdoin Civil War Monument: 8.3 mi
- Sidney J. Watson: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 47
- Sea Cove Beach: 3.1 mi
- Spring Beach: 6.0 mi
- Sand Dune Beach: 6.4 mi
- Head Beach: 6.8 mi
- Seawall Beach: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 45
- Lobstermans Statue: 5.5 mi
- Circles Petroglyph: 6.6 mi
- Cedar Waxwings Petroglyph: 7.0 mi
- Wild Bird Petroglyph: 7.1 mi
- Labyrinth in the Woods: 7.7 mi
Museums: 44
- Harpswell Historical Society Museum: 2.1 mi
- Bustins Island Historical Society: 6.3 mi
- Phippsburg Historical Museum: 7.2 mi
- Admiral Robert E. Peary Home Museum: 7.4 mi
- Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Morse Point: 8.5 mi
- Hockomock Head: 12.2 mi
- White Head Cliff: 15.6 mi
- The Cliffs: 15.7 mi
- Cod Ledges: 16.2 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 10.0 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 10.1 mi
- Bug Light: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- First Falls: 11.5 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Devil's Back Trail Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradbury Mountain | NW 304° | 143 m | 14.1 mi |
| Tate Hill | N 351° | 109 m | 14.5 mi |
| Cox Pinnacle | NNW 332° | 108 m | 12.1 mi |
| Bibber Hill | NW 307° | 105 m | 14.3 mi |
| Oak Hill | NNW 331° | 85 m | 9.1 mi |
| Hedgehog Mountain | WNW 301° | 85 m | 10.4 mi |
| Fuller Mountain | ENE 72° | 81 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bald Rock | NNW 327° | 81 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1348500183
Day trips start here
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