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Florida Lake Preserve

Florida Lake Preserve from directly overhead

Florida Lake Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Dutton Hill stands 175 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Wardtown, a peak 0.8 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 28 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Freeport Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates43.90549, -70.08597

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Cox Pinnacle: 2.7 mi
  • Leon Gorman Park: 3.4 mi
  • Discovery Park: 3.4 mi
  • Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
  • Pownal Road Fields: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
Beaches: 53
Artworks: 47
Museums: 45
Cliffs: 10
  • Hockomock Head: 16.4 mi
  • Morse Point: 18.7 mi
  • White Head Cliff: 18.7 mi
  • Pismire Bluff: 18.7 mi
  • The Cliffs: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • First Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Florida Lake Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dutton HillWSW 253°175 m13.3 mi
Woodbury HillNW 318°168 m11.7 mi
Hunt HillWSW 253°153 m12.6 mi
Little HillWNW 293°151 m12.9 mi
Gloucester HillWNW 288°150 m10.9 mi
Bradbury MountainW 268°143 m4.8 mi
Libby HillW 269°141 m13.8 mi
Snows HillWNW 289°139 m13.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:53
June solstice04:5919:4320:27
September equinox06:2818:0218:40
December solstice07:1215:1916:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182130425362686659473626
Precip in3.63.44.14.53.64.63.83.64.15.44.54.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/617238972

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