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Fairchild Conservation Easement

Fairchild Conservation Easement from directly overhead

Fairchild Conservation Easement is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Mount Agamenticus stands 210 m to the north, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cutts, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 1.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Kittery Land Trust

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.08360, -70.68960

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • Fort Foster Park: 1.1 mi
  • Emery Park: 2.2 mi
  • Rogers Park: 2.4 mi
  • Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
  • John Paul Jones Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
Peaks
  • Boatswain Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Forty Acre Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Sewall Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 4.1 mi
Museums: 56
Beaches: 43
Gardens: 43
  • Trial Gardens: 3.2 mi
  • Presscott Park Formal Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Community Gardens: 3.2 mi
  • Victory Gardens: 3.3 mi
  • Liberty Gardens: 3.3 mi
Artworks: 32
Attractions: 16
Waterfalls: 13
  • Piscassic Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Second Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Packer's Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Orris Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Hayes Falls: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 8
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 5.7 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 10.6 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 10.7 mi
  • 4H Pavilion: 10.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 5
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 13.3 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 13.5 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 16.8 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 24.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Jailhouse Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Two Sisters Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Rail Spring: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Fairchild Conservation Easement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AgamenticusN 359°210 m9.6 mi
Second HillN 2°167 m10.2 mi
Third HillN 5°159 m10.6 mi
Horse HillsN 356°118 m8.8 mi
Third HillNW 324°104 m7.8 mi
Norman HillN 355°103 m10.9 mi
Horse HillsN 353°98 m8.4 mi
Groundnut HillNNE 12°93 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0419:4320:26
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1215:2516:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242734455565706962504030
Precip in3.63.64.84.64.04.63.93.74.14.94.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenland, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/842215084

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