Giant’s Stairs Trail
Giant’s Stairs Trail is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Bruce Hill stands 136 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is McIntosh Lot Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 30 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Harpswell
How to reach it
- 29.8 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- McIntosh Lot Preserve: 0.1 mi
- Johnson Field Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Pott's Point Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Stover’s Point Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Whaleboat Island: 3.6 mi
- Mackerel Cove Lot: 0.5 mi
- Houghton Graves Park: 2.7 mi
- Mitchell Field: 3.8 mi
- Town Land: 6.5 mi
- Trufant-Summerton Ballfield: 7.2 mi
- Jewell Island Military Reservation: 6.2 mi
- Schooner Windfall: 8.1 mi
- Battery Abbot: 9.9 mi
- Eartha: 10.3 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Long Reach Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Haskell Hill: 7.1 mi
- Small Point Hill: 7.5 mi
- Cushman Hill: 7.5 mi
- Fales Hill: 7.6 mi
- Floratorium: 7.2 mi
- Organic Vegetable Fields: 8.1 mi
- Organic Gardens: 8.3 mi
- FCS Community Garden: 10.6 mi
- Yarmouth Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Thunderhole: 0.1 mi
- Big Indian: 9.9 mi
- "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 10.7 mi
- LL Bean Boot: 10.8 mi
- Desert of Maine: 12.4 mi
- Sea Cove Beach: 2.0 mi
- Suprise Beach: 5.4 mi
- Kennedy Beach: 5.4 mi
- Chandler Cove Beach: 6.6 mi
- Sand Dune Beach: 6.9 mi
- Lobstermans Statue: 0.6 mi
- Circles Petroglyph: 10.0 mi
- Cedar Waxwings Petroglyph: 11.0 mi
- Wild Bird Petroglyph: 11.0 mi
- Can't Stop Hip Hop: 11.9 mi
- Admiral Robert E. Peary Home Museum: 3.0 mi
- Harpswell Historical Society Museum: 5.2 mi
- Bustins Island Historical Society: 6.4 mi
- Fort McKinley Museum: 10.4 mi
- Phippsburg Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
- Morse Point: 9.9 mi
- White Head Cliff: 11.2 mi
- The Cliffs: 11.3 mi
- Cod Ledges: 11.8 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 12.0 mi
- First Falls: 10.6 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 13.9 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 24.1 mi
- Bug Light: 12.9 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 14.8 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Giant’s Stairs Trail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Hill | WNW 297° | 136 m | 15.4 mi |
| Hedgehog Mountain | NW 326° | 85 m | 11.8 mi |
| Oak Hill | N 350° | 85 m | 12.6 mi |
| Fuller Mountain | NE 51° | 81 m | 10.0 mi |
| Bald Rock | NNW 345° | 81 m | 13.8 mi |
| Higgins Mountain | ENE 62° | 79 m | 13.3 mi |
| Wescutogo Hill | NW 306° | 76 m | 14.8 mi |
| Winston Hill | NW 320° | 73 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 19:42 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:01 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:19 | 16:06 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 32 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brunswick NAS, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1348625947
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