Nature reserve · Maine
Great Farm Brook Preserve
Great Farm Brook Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 126 m. Mount Harris stands 355 m to the north-northwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mason Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Sebasticook Regional Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates44.60926, -69.12154
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Mason Hill: 1.5 mi
- Haskell Hill: 1.7 mi
- Wilde Hill: 2.5 mi
- Plummer Hill: 2.6 mi
- Bartlett Hill: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Basin Pond Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
- Merrifield Tree Farm: 3.0 mi
- Northern Pond Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Brooks Town Forest: 5.4 mi
- Marsh Meadow Preserve: 8.2 mi
Parks
- Veterans Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
- Brooks Community Park: 4.0 mi
- Gesner Park: 5.6 mi
- Swan Lake State Park: 7.6 mi
- Marie Gloh Park: 8.0 mi
Historic sites: 20
- Veterans Honor Roll: 11.7 mi
- Etna Veterans Memorial: 14.3 mi
- Goodblood Memorial Park: 15.9 mi
- Fort Knox: 16.0 mi
- Hampden Veterans' Memorial: 16.4 mi
Museums: 18
- Thorndike Meeting Place: 7.9 mi
- Winterport Historical Association: 13.7 mi
- Belfast Historical Society: 13.8 mi
- Bucksport Historical Society Museum: 16.2 mi
- Cole Land Transportation Museum: 19.8 mi
Attractions: 15
- Dome home: 8.4 mi
- Three Town Monument Stone: 18.9 mi
- Giant Pines: 19.4 mi
- Chamberlain Cellar Hole: 19.4 mi
- Thurston Cellar Hole: 19.6 mi
Artworks: 14
- Unity Stones: 10.3 mi
- The Whale: 16.3 mi
- Before The Wind: 16.3 mi
- UMA Moose Statue: 20.7 mi
- Paul Bunyan: 20.9 mi
Beaches: 11
- Sandy Point Beach: 17.0 mi
- Spragues Beach: 19.8 mi
- Wadsworth Cove Beach: 21.2 mi
- Cals Beach: 21.6 mi
- MMA Beach: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Hogback Ledge: 11.8 mi
- Sears Island Ledge: 16.9 mi
- The Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 21.4 mi
- The Bluffs: 22.1 mi
Gardens: 6
- Peace Garden: 8.5 mi
- Dye Garden: 8.5 mi
- Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 16.9 mi
- UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 20.8 mi
- Children's Garden: 21.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Monroe Falls: 4.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Great Farm Brook Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Harris | NNW 342° | 355 m | 4.1 mi |
| Peaked Mountain | NNE 18° | 351 m | 6.8 mi |
| Frye Mountain | SSW 207° | 342 m | 10.3 mi |
| Spears Mountain | SSW 210° | 336 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Waldo | E 100° | 320 m | 11.3 mi |
| Piper Mountain | NNE 26° | 318 m | 6.1 mi |
| Aborn Hill | SSW 212° | 304 m | 7.1 mi |
| Common Hill | WNW 298° | 300 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:10 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 19:41 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:58 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:11 | 16:00 |
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 | 22 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belfast, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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