Nature reserve · Maine
Greater Commons
Greater Commons is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Bradbury Mountain stands 143 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Monument E, a historic site 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Brunswick
How to reach it
Coordinates43.88621, -69.95760
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Monument E: 0.2 mi
- Bowdoin War Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Bowdoin Civil War Monument: 1.5 mi
- Sidney J. Watson: 1.6 mi
- Benjamin Orr: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Town Commons: 0.2 mi
- Coffin's Ice Pond: 0.8 mi
- Captain Alfred Skolfield Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Neptune Woods: 2.0 mi
- Pennellville Meadow: 2.0 mi
Parks
- Shulman Park: 0.7 mi
- Hambleton Avenue Playground: 0.9 mi
- Chamberlain Avenue Esplanade: 1.4 mi
- McKeen Park: 1.6 mi
- Nathaniel Davis Park: 2.0 mi
Gardens
- Coffin Street Garden: 1.3 mi
- Bowdoin Organic Garden: 1.4 mi
- Saint Paul's Memorial Garden: 1.9 mi
- Senior Garden: 2.4 mi
- Pumpkin Garden: 3.0 mi
Attractions
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 1.9 mi
- Fishway Viewing Area: 2.4 mi
- Cripps Creek Disc Golf Course: 4.2 mi
- "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 7.5 mi
- LL Bean Boot: 7.5 mi
Peaks
- Buttermilk Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Orrs Hill: 3.5 mi
- Misery Hill: 3.5 mi
- Mount Ararat: 3.7 mi
- Oak Hill: 4.1 mi
Museums: 52
- Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum: 1.5 mi
- Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum: 1.7 mi
- Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum: 1.7 mi
- Pejepscot Historical Society: 1.9 mi
- Harpswell Historical Society Museum: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 47
- Coffin Pond: 2.9 mi
- Thomas Point Beach: 3.4 mi
- Sea Cove Beach: 9.4 mi
- Spring Beach: 11.7 mi
- Sandy Point Beach: 12.2 mi
Artworks: 44
- Time Out: 1.2 mi
- Scenting the Wind: 1.5 mi
- Labyrinth in the Woods: 1.5 mi
- The Lineman: 1.5 mi
- Polar Bear Statue: 1.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Hockomock Head: 10.1 mi
- Morse Point: 13.2 mi
- The Bluff: 19.3 mi
- White Head Cliff: 20.3 mi
- The Cliffs: 20.4 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 8.1 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 8.1 mi
- Bug Light: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- First Falls: 12.6 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Greater Commons. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradbury Mountain | W 276° | 143 m | 11.2 mi |
| Tryon Mountain | W 279° | 119 m | 11.9 mi |
| Tate Hill | NNW 346° | 109 m | 7.7 mi |
| Cox Pinnacle | NW 306° | 108 m | 6.5 mi |
| Bibber Hill | W 280° | 105 m | 11.1 mi |
| Wheeler Hill | N 360° | 89 m | 9.6 mi |
| Bowie Hill | WNW 301° | 86 m | 12.7 mi |
| Oak Hill | WNW 287° | 85 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 19:42 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:01 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:18 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/940835182
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