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Dwight B. Demeritt Forest

Dwight B. Demeritt Forest from directly overhead

Dwight B. Demeritt Forest is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Peaked Mountain stands 350 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Coombs Park, a park 0.7 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Orono Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.91969, -68.68840
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Coombs Park: 0.7 mi
  • Perkins Avenue Park: 1.9 mi
  • Fourth Street Park: 2.2 mi
  • Brownie's Park: 2.3 mi
  • Marden Park: 2.3 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 47
Artworks: 18
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 15
  • Civil War Monument: 1.2 mi
  • Peace Pole: 2.3 mi
  • Binnette: 2.4 mi
  • War Monument: 2.4 mi
  • Spencer: 2.4 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Otto Farm Loop: 1.0 mi
  • Dorion Loop: 1.2 mi
  • Pinkham Trails: 1.4 mi
  • Old Town Loop: 1.6 mi
  • Corn Field Loop: 2.0 mi
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 5
  • Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Indian Island Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Children's Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 13.8 mi
Beaches: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lovers Leap: 8.7 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Dwight B. Demeritt Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peaked MountainESE 120°350 m12.7 mi
Big HillSSE 158°338 m16.5 mi
Springy Brook MountainE 92°315 m15.4 mi
BlackcapSSE 152°312 m12.9 mi
Bald Bluff MountainE 97°305 m14.2 mi
Jellison HillESE 119°284 m15.1 mi
Chick HillESE 117°271 m12.3 mi
Morrison Pond MountainE 90°270 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:4919:4020:25
September equinox06:2217:5618:34
December solstice07:1015:0815:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171929415361686658463625
Precip in3.73.03.83.73.54.23.43.13.74.34.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Town 2 W, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1377903200

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