Nature reserve · Maine
Freedom Forest Preserve
Freedom Forest Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Frye Mountain stands 342 m to the east, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sanford Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Sebasticook Regional Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates44.47635, -69.38116
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Sanford Hill: 1.5 mi
- Whitten Hill: 3.8 mi
- Twitchell Hill: 3.8 mi
- Stevenson Hill: 4.4 mi
- Level Hill: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Northern Headwaters Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Whitten Hill Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Bog Brook Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Carlson Woods Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Lake Saint George State Park: 5.4 mi
Parks
- Thurston Park: 4.2 mi
- Freedom Park: 5.4 mi
- Vena M. Roberts Memorial Ball Field: 6.4 mi
- Beech Pond Boat Access: 7.5 mi
- Larrabee Field: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 44
- Three Town Monument Stone: 3.3 mi
- Giant Pines: 3.7 mi
- Chamberlain Cellar Hole: 3.8 mi
- Thurston Cellar Hole: 4.0 mi
- Dome home: 8.2 mi
Museums: 19
- Thorndike Meeting Place: 8.8 mi
- Redington Museum: 13.4 mi
- Colby College Museum of Art: 15.1 mi
- Windsor Fair Museum: 16.7 mi
- Mc Cartney House Museum: 17.2 mi
Historic sites: 17
- Central Maine Veterans Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Rotary International Table: 13.1 mi
- Veterans’ Memorial Bandstand (Plaque): 13.2 mi
- “One Country” Monument: 13.2 mi
- Veterans’ Memorial Plaque: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 11
- Unity Stones: 9.1 mi
- River Stone: 13.2 mi
- Ticonic Sculpture: 13.2 mi
- 4: 15.1 mi
- 6: 15.1 mi
Gardens: 10
- Peace Garden: 9.0 mi
- Dye Garden: 9.0 mi
- Loon Cove: 18.0 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 21.7 mi
- Cony Circle Garden: 22.1 mi
Beaches: 9
- Ducktrap Beach: 22.5 mi
- Tyler’s Pond Beach: 22.6 mi
- Shirt Tail Point: 22.8 mi
- Lincolnville Beach: 22.8 mi
- Wales Beach: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Hogback Ledge: 5.7 mi
- Maiden Cliff: 20.9 mi
- Millerite Ledges: 21.2 mi
- The Bluff: 22.9 mi
- Spruce Head: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Monroe Falls: 18.9 mi
- Bond Brook Falls: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Freedom Forest Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frye Mountain | E 90° | 342 m | 8.1 mi |
| Spears Mountain | E 87° | 336 m | 7.7 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | ESE 103° | 327 m | 5.1 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | SE 129° | 317 m | 16.1 mi |
| Aborn Hill | ENE 70° | 304 m | 9.6 mi |
| Common Hill | NE 42° | 300 m | 14.5 mi |
| Simmons Hill | SSE 150° | 288 m | 16.5 mi |
| Moody Mountain | SE 136° | 284 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:12 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:42 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 17:59 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:13 | 16:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 21 | 30 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 37 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville Trtmt PLT, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1359725308
Day trips start here
- Bucksport · 30 mi
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