Nature reserve · Maine

Gannett Woods

Gannett Woods from directly overhead

Gannett Woods is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. McGaffey Mountain stands 360 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Monks Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Kennebec Land Trust

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.36102, -69.87513

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Monks Hill: 0.4 mi
Allen Hill: 1.0 mi
Lithgow Hill: 3.7 mi
Granite Hill: 4.3 mi
Meadow Hill: 4.9 mi

Nature reserves

Wyman Memorial Forest: 0.5 mi
Georgia Fuller Wiesendanger Wildlife Protection Area: 1.7 mi
Little Cobbossee Oatway Preserve: 2.1 mi
Weston Woods Preserve: 2.3 mi
North Acres Wildlife Conservation Area: 2.3 mi

Parks

Fairbanks Pond: 2.8 mi
Cobbosseecontee Lake Access: 3.0 mi
Upper Narrows Pond Access: 4.3 mi
Readfield Town Beach: 4.4 mi
Maranacook Lake Boat Access: 4.6 mi

Museums21

Readfield Historical Society: 3.3 mi
Klahr Center: 4.2 mi
Kennebec Historical Society: 5.5 mi
First Amendment Museum at the Gannett House: 5.9 mi
Maine State Museum: 5.9 mi

Historic sites20

Civil War Monument: 5.9 mi
World War I Memorial: 5.9 mi
Children's 9/11 Memorial: 6.0 mi
Old Fort Western: 6.0 mi
Maine Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 6.0 mi

Attractions13

Liberty Bell: 5.9 mi
Dr Hubbard Office: 6.6 mi
Dummer House: 6.6 mi
Demolition Derby Pit: 14.7 mi
Kiddie Land: 14.8 mi

Artworks11

Sacred Heart of Jesus: 5.6 mi
Community Celebration Mural: 5.9 mi
Civilian Conservation Corps: 5.9 mi
Samantha Smith: 6.0 mi
Fisher Man: 11.1 mi

Gardens8

University of Maine at Augusta Community Garden: 4.1 mi
Mill Park Garden: 5.7 mi
Cony Circle Garden: 6.1 mi
Viles Arboretum: 7.2 mi
Loon Cove: 10.8 mi

Beaches6

East Winthrop Beach: 3.1 mi
Tyler’s Pond Beach: 3.1 mi
Town Beach: 4.4 mi
Richardson's Beach: 8.8 mi
Stinchfield Beach: 11.5 mi

Waterfalls1

Bond Brook Falls: 5.6 mi

Cliffs1

The Bluff: 17.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Gannett Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
McGaffey Mountain	NNW 341°	360 m	12.5 mi
Vienna Mountain	NNW 345°	359 m	14.0 mi
Round Top	NNW 346°	343 m	13.3 mi
John Brown Mountain	NNW 339°	296 m	13.8 mi
Fayette Ridge	WNW 297°	262 m	12.5 mi
Pine Hill	WNW 300°	253 m	11.9 mi
Mount Pisgah	WSW 243°	246 m	8.3 mi
Baldwin Hill	WNW 297°	239 m	11.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:44	18:14	18:52
June solstice	04:56	19:43	20:28
September equinox	06:27	18:01	18:39
December solstice	07:13	15:16	16:04

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	20	23	32	44	55	64	70	69	61	49	38	27
Precip in	2.6	2.3	3.2	3.8	3.3	4.0	3.2	3.4	3.9	4.7	3.9	3.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Augusta State AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1362775091

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