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Grants Meadow at Beaver Dam Heath

Grants Meadow at Beaver Dam Heath from directly overhead

Grants Meadow at Beaver Dam Heath is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Middle Peak stands 263 m to the north, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Thompson Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Branch River Valley Trail passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Great Works Regional Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.30198, -70.80095
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Memorial Field: 3.9 mi
  • Great Falls Park: 4.0 mi
  • USS Somersworth Pocket Park: 4.2 mi
  • The Riverwalk: 4.2 mi
  • Stein Park: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 56
Beaches: 56
Artworks: 22
  • Sherwood Cairn Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Snake Eyes: 8.9 mi
  • Fairy Village: 10.1 mi
  • A World Alive by Sculptor Walter Liff: 12.9 mi
  • Wildcat Statue: 13.2 mi
Gardens: 17
Attractions: 14
  • Spring Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Wagon: 12.4 mi
  • Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 12.8 mi
  • Take Flight: 12.9 mi
  • Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Coffin's Cut: 8.5 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 8.5 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 8.6 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 8.7 mi
  • Bald Head Cliff: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Orris Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Hayes Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Kimballs Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Second Falls: 15.4 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • SERCs A & B Greenspace: 13.5 mi
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 18.4 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 18.6 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 18.7 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Grants Meadow at Beaver Dam Heath. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Middle PeakN 7°263 m6.1 mi
Bauneg Beg MountainN 8°262 m5.7 mi
North PeakN 7°250 m6.3 mi
Mount HopeN 360°211 m8.1 mi
Mount AgamenticusSE 135°210 m7.7 mi
Second HillSE 129°167 m7.7 mi
Abbott HillNNW 345°166 m5.0 mi
Third HillSE 125°159 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:56
June solstice05:0419:4420:28
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1315:2416:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465666716962503930
Precip in2.52.23.73.73.53.93.53.23.44.43.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester Skyhaven AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1482632361

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