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Grover-Herrick Preserve

Grover-Herrick Preserve from directly overhead

Grover-Herrick Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Middle Peak stands 263 m to the west-northwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Branch River Valley Trail passes 13 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
Coordinates43.37252, -70.74335
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Airport Fields: 1.7 mi
  • Benton Park: 4.8 mi
  • Central Park: 4.8 mi
  • Soldiers and Sailors Park: 4.9 mi
  • Gateway Park: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 58
  • Rachel Carson: 10.1 mi
  • Roundhouse: 11.5 mi
  • Mariner's Circle: 13.6 mi
  • Memorial Rock: 16.5 mi
  • Deputy Sheriff Charles E. Smith (1843-1891) Historic Marker: 16.8 mi
Beaches: 54
Museums: 51
Artworks: 19
  • Fairy Village: 5.9 mi
  • Our Forebearers of the Coast: 13.5 mi
  • Sherwood Cairn Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Snake Eyes: 14.5 mi
  • A World Alive by Sculptor Walter Liff: 18.5 mi
Gardens: 17
Waterfalls: 11
  • Orris Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Hayes Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Kimballs Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Gonic Trails Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 20.6 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Spring Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve at Laudholm: 10.0 mi
  • Take Flight: 16.9 mi
  • Wagon: 18.0 mi
  • Maud Jones Memorial Forest Trail (.8 mi): 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Bald Head Cliff: 13.4 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 14.2 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 14.2 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 14.3 mi
  • Coffin's Cut: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • SERCs A & B Greenspace: 19.2 mi
  • Fort McClary Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 23.3 mi
  • Front Pavilion: 24.1 mi
  • Scamman Pavilion: 24.2 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
  • Two Sisters Spring: 18.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Grover-Herrick Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Middle PeakWNW 298°263 m2.5 mi
Bauneg Beg MountainWNW 291°262 m2.2 mi
North PeakWNW 304°250 m2.5 mi
Hurd HillNW 316°250 m11.6 mi
Mount HopeNW 318°211 m4.3 mi
Mount AgamenticusSSE 166°210 m10.6 mi
Beaver HillNNW 344°192 m7.4 mi
Hanson RidgeNNW 327°185 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0319:4420:28
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1315:2416:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332445463696760483827
Precip in3.73.64.74.63.84.64.03.93.85.34.54.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sanford 2 NNW, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1482655204

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