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Headwaters Forest

Headwaters Forest from directly overhead

Headwaters Forest is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Sam Drew Mountain stands 461 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring Hill, a peak 3.2 miles away. MILLION DOLLAR VIEW SCENIC BYWAY passes 9.1 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Woodie Wheaton Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.90119, -67.78266
Around it

76 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 33
  • Spring Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Pole Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Daggett Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Green Mountain Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Mitchel Mountain: 9.5 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Parks: 12
  • Linneus Community Field: 12.7 mi
  • Crescent Park: 14.8 mi
  • Pierce Park: 15.6 mi
  • Monument Park: 15.7 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 15.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Blueberry Point: 6.8 mi
  • Spruce Point: 9.0 mi
  • Balm of Gilead Point: 10.2 mi
  • Haley Point: 14.2 mi
  • Norway Point: 21.8 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Mud Lake Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Beans Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Middle Pitch Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Briggs Mills Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Island Falls: 24.4 mi
Artworks: 3
Museums: 2
  • Aroostook County Historical & Art Museum of Houlton: 15.7 mi
  • Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum: 23.6 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Old Mill Dam: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Headwaters Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sam Drew MountainNW 308°461 m19.8 mi
Oakfield HillsNW 304°370 m20.0 mi
Greenland MountainS 173°363 m20.9 mi
Timoney MountainNW 316°346 m20.3 mi
Crow HillNW 311°344 m15.9 mi
Robinson MountainWNW 291°311 m24.1 mi
Spruce MountainSSE 166°308 m21.5 mi
Flagstaff MountainS 178°303 m19.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3518:0418:44
June solstice04:4119:4020:26
September equinox06:1917:5118:31
December solstice07:1014:5915:49

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F131526395160666456443321
Precip in2.72.02.72.93.54.03.63.53.44.03.63.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Houlton AP, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1370147170

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