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Donahue Tract

Donahue Tract from directly overhead

Donahue Tract is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. Chesley Mountain stands 306 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Winslow Woods, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Branch River Valley Trail passes 9.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Great Works Regional Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.29533, -70.88484
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Memorial Field: 1.8 mi
  • Great Falls Park: 2.4 mi
  • USS Somersworth Pocket Park: 2.5 mi
  • Noble Pines Park: 2.6 mi
  • Stein Park: 2.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Beaches: 47
Artworks: 22
Gardens: 16
Attractions: 16
  • Spring Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Wagon: 11.5 mi
  • Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 11.5 mi
  • Mast Way Trails: 13.2 mi
  • Take Flight: 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Kimballs Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Hayes Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Orris Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Second Falls: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Coffin's Cut: 6.9 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 7.0 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 7.0 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 7.0 mi
  • Bald Head Cliff: 16.4 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • SERCs A & B Greenspace: 11.5 mi
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 17.5 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 17.6 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 17.7 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 24.7 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 25.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Donahue Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chesley MountainWNW 293°306 m10.2 mi
Middle PeakNE 37°263 m8.2 mi
Bauneg Beg MountainNE 39°262 m7.9 mi
North PeakNE 36°250 m8.4 mi
Mount HopeNNE 26°211 m9.5 mi
Abbott HillNNE 29°166 m6.1 mi
Sunnyside HillWSW 241°153 m10.1 mi
Huckleberry HillWSW 237°152 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0419:4420:28
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1315:2516:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465666716962503930
Precip in2.52.23.73.73.53.93.53.23.44.43.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester Skyhaven AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1212410948

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