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Hinds Conservation Easement

Hinds Conservation Easement from directly overhead

Hinds Conservation Easement is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Peaked Mountain stands 350 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Caribou Bog Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Orono Land Trust
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.89634, -68.72431
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Disc Golf Park: 2.1 mi
  • Coombs Park: 2.1 mi
  • Brownie's Park: 2.5 mi
  • Summer Street Park: 2.8 mi
  • Webster Park: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves: 48
Artworks: 18
Historic sites: 16
  • Civil War Monument: 2.2 mi
  • Peace Pole: 4.7 mi
  • Binnette: 4.7 mi
  • War Monument: 4.7 mi
  • Spencer: 4.8 mi
Museums: 16
Attractions: 13
  • Otto Farm Loop: 2.6 mi
  • Dorion Loop: 3.0 mi
  • Old Town Loop: 3.4 mi
  • Pinkham Trails: 3.5 mi
  • Corn Field Loop: 3.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Gardens: 5
  • Fay Hyland Botanical Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Indian Island Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • UMA Bangor Campus Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Children's Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum: 11.5 mi
Beaches: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lovers Leap: 6.4 mi
  • Mariaville Falls: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Hinds Conservation Easement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peaked MountainESE 110°350 m13.6 mi
Bald MountainSSE 160°342 m17.4 mi
Big HillSSE 150°338 m15.9 mi
Springy Brook MountainE 87°315 m17.2 mi
BlackcapSE 142°312 m12.5 mi
Bald Bluff MountainE 90°305 m15.8 mi
Jellison HillESE 111°284 m16.0 mi
Chick HillESE 107°271 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3918:0918:47
June solstice04:4919:4020:26
September equinox06:2317:5618:34
December solstice07:1015:0815:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192331435563706859473727

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orono, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1377903196

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