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Harvey Brook

Harvey Brook from directly overhead

Harvey Brook is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the west, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Maggie May Meadows, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 23 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Freeport Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates43.84031, -70.15515

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Yarmouth Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Yarmouth Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • FCS Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Freeport Community Garden (at Elm Street): 2.9 mi
  • Organic Gardens: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Hunter Road Fields: 1.9 mi
  • Pownal Road Fields: 2.1 mi
  • North Road Recreation Area: 2.4 mi
  • Gooch's Island: 2.8 mi
  • Discovery Park: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Beaches: 57
Attractions: 56
  • Desert of Maine: 1.3 mi
  • Big Indian: 1.6 mi
  • LL Bean Boot: 2.8 mi
  • "The Final Charge" (Locked-horm Moose Display): 2.8 mi
  • Bradbury Mountain State Park: 4.3 mi
Museums: 43
Artworks: 39
  • Can't Stop Hip Hop: 3.0 mi
  • Frog Rock: 8.5 mi
  • Labyrinth in the Woods: 9.4 mi
  • Blessed Virgin Mary: 10.5 mi
  • Holy Trinty: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • White Head Cliff: 13.6 mi
  • The Cliffs: 13.7 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 14.1 mi
  • Cunner Ledges: 14.3 mi
  • Pismire Bluff: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • First Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Presumpscot Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Harvey Brook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Atherton HillW 263°178 m10.0 mi
Dutton HillW 274°175 m9.3 mi
Adams HillWNW 284°174 m12.1 mi
Hunt HillW 276°153 m8.7 mi
Blackstrap HillSW 236°151 m10.0 mi
Gloucester HillNW 318°150 m10.5 mi
Pumpkin HillWNW 301°150 m12.6 mi
Baker MountainW 266°149 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:53
June solstice04:5919:4320:27
September equinox06:2818:0218:40
December solstice07:1215:1916:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533445464706961493928
Precip in3.53.34.04.43.64.73.73.84.35.44.74.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gray, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1348272542

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