Nature reserve · Maine
Hatchet Mountain Preserve
Hatchet Mountain Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 228 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the east-southeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Hatchet Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Coastal Mountains Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates44.26046, -69.17114
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Hatchet Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Wiley Hill: 1.1 mi
- Philbrick Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Simmons Hill: 2.3 mi
- Jones Hill: 2.6 mi
Parks
- True Park: 0.8 mi
- Ragged Mountain Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
- Breezemere Park: 3.9 mi
- Hodson Park: 4.0 mi
- Lincolnville Veterans Park: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Mirror Lake Conservation Easement: 2.8 mi
- Fernald's Neck Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Rheault Conservation Easement: 3.1 mi
- Mirror Lake Conservation Easement: 3.1 mi
- Land's End: 3.2 mi
Beaches: 42
- Shirt Tail Point: 5.0 mi
- Laite Memorial Beach: 6.8 mi
- Goodie's Beach: 7.1 mi
- Lincolnville Beach: 8.2 mi
- Ducktrap Beach: 8.6 mi
Museums: 38
- Union Historical Society: 6.1 mi
- Conway House Museum: 6.2 mi
- Knox Mill Museum: 6.2 mi
- Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage: 6.3 mi
- Mary Meeker Cramer Museum: 6.4 mi
Attractions: 12
- Prison Show Room: 12.7 mi
- The Wall: 12.8 mi
- Dome home: 17.5 mi
- Thurston Cellar Hole: 19.3 mi
- Giant Pines: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Maiden Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Millerite Ledges: 4.1 mi
- Spruce Head: 9.8 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 11.6 mi
- The Bluff: 12.8 mi
Artworks: 8
- Andre the Seal: 7.0 mi
- Puffin Wall: 11.1 mi
- Seagull: 11.2 mi
- Lobster: 11.4 mi
- Sphere: 11.7 mi
Gardens: 8
- Tanglewood Garden: 7.3 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 11.3 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 11.6 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 11.8 mi
- Miller School Garden: 15.4 mi
Historic sites: 7
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 9.4 mi
- Cannon: 10.9 mi
- Arthur Noble Memorial: 20.0 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 20.5 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Vinal Falls: 20.3 mi
- Monroe Falls: 24.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 7.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Hatchet Mountain Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | ESE 104° | 419 m | 5.3 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | SSE 163° | 390 m | 3.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SE 141° | 384 m | 2.8 mi |
| Little Ragged Mountain Summit | SSE 162° | 375 m | 2.7 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | E 86° | 331 m | 6.3 mi |
| Hatchet Mountain | W 273° | 330 m | 0.2 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | NNE 25° | 317 m | 5.2 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | S 184° | 313 m | 5.1 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 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 17:58 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1357109653
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- Bucksport · 28 mi
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