Nature reserve · Maine
Harkness Preserve
Harkness Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the north, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Walker Park, a park 0.3 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Coastal Mountains Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates44.17802, -69.07553
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Walker Park: 0.3 mi
- Rockport Marine Park: 0.6 mi
- Mary Lea Park: 0.7 mi
- Goodridge Park: 0.7 mi
- Cramer Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Rockport Shore Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Beauchamp Point Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Erickson Fields: 1.0 mi
- Beech Hill Preserve: 1.4 mi
- The Bog: 1.8 mi
Peaks
- Beech Hill: 1.5 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.5 mi
- Bear Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mount Battie: 3.1 mi
- Dodge Mountain: 3.5 mi
Beaches: 49
- Goodie's Beach: 0.5 mi
- Laite Memorial Beach: 2.0 mi
- Shirt Tail Point: 3.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.7 mi
- Lincolnville Beach: 7.9 mi
Museums: 38
- Mary Meeker Cramer Museum: 1.3 mi
- Conway House Museum: 1.5 mi
- Knox Mill Museum: 2.2 mi
- Farnsworth Art Museum: 5.4 mi
- Center for Maine Contemporary Art: 5.4 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Millerite Ledges: 5.2 mi
- Maiden Cliff: 5.4 mi
- Spruce Head: 9.4 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 11.8 mi
- The Bluff: 13.8 mi
Historic sites: 8
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 3.3 mi
- Cannon: 5.0 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 14.9 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 20.1 mi
- St. George Fisherman Memorial: 20.2 mi
Artworks: 7
- Andre the Seal: 0.6 mi
- Puffin Wall: 5.3 mi
- Seagull: 5.3 mi
- Lobster: 5.5 mi
- Sphere: 5.7 mi
Gardens: 5
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 5.4 mi
- Tanglewood Garden: 8.0 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 12.2 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 12.3 mi
- Miller School Garden: 16.3 mi
Attractions: 5
- Prison Show Room: 9.0 mi
- The Wall: 9.1 mi
- Dome home: 24.1 mi
- The Barn: 24.8 mi
- Damariscotta River Cruises: 24.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 2.1 mi
Springs: 1
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Vinal Falls: 13.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Harkness Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | N 5° | 419 m | 4.4 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | WNW 303° | 390 m | 4.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 320° | 384 m | 4.6 mi |
| Little Ragged Mountain Summit | NW 309° | 375 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | NNE 14° | 331 m | 6.4 mi |
| Hatchet Mountain | NW 319° | 330 m | 7.6 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | NNW 346° | 317 m | 10.7 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | W 277° | 313 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:11 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:40 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:58 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:13 | 16:01 |
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 | 31 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Rockport 1 NNW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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