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Franklin-McElheny Preserve

Franklin-McElheny Preserve from directly overhead

Franklin-McElheny Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Mount Agamenticus stands 210 m to the east-northeast, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is William A. Bray Memorial Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Coastal Byway passes 8.8 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire
Getting there

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Coordinates43.19469, -70.82368

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • William A. Bray Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Amanda Howard Park: 1.9 mi
  • Dover Little League Fields: 2.0 mi
  • Guppey Park: 2.2 mi
  • Counting House Park: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Beaches: 46
Artworks: 22
Gardens: 17
Attractions: 16
  • Spring Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Wagon: 5.1 mi
  • Take Flight: 7.5 mi
  • Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 8.4 mi
  • Portsmouth Harbor Cruises: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Hayes Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Kimballs Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Orris Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Second Falls: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Coffin's Cut: 3.1 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 3.1 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 3.2 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 3.2 mi
  • Dover Bluff: 11.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • SERCs A & B Greenspace: 7.1 mi
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 11.1 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 11.2 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 11.2 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Rest areas: 4
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 17.9 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 18.1 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 21.6 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 22.0 mi
Springs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Franklin-McElheny Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AgamenticusENE 73°210 m6.9 mi
Second HillENE 70°167 m7.5 mi
Third HillENE 70°159 m8.2 mi
Gonic HillNW 315°136 m8.2 mi
Pine HillNNW 345°123 m6.8 mi
Horse HillsE 80°118 m6.3 mi
Green HillWNW 285°112 m7.7 mi
Third HillESE 122°104 m2.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0419:4420:27
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 °F242634455564706961503930
Precip in3.43.54.44.23.84.33.83.43.94.83.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham 2 N, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/708628827

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