Nature reserve · Maine
Hodson Preserve
Hodson Preserve is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Mount Megunticook stands 419 m to the east-northeast, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Rheault Conservation Easement, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Coastal Mountains Land Trust
How to reach it
Coordinates44.22786, -69.11659
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Rheault Conservation Easement: 0.4 mi
- Land's End: 1.4 mi
- Fernald's Neck Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Maiden Cliff Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- Water Supply Land: 2.4 mi
Peaks
- Bald Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Little Ragged Mountain Summit: 1.9 mi
- Ragged Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mount Battie: 2.4 mi
- Mount Megunticook: 2.6 mi
Parks
- Hodson Park: 1.0 mi
- Ragged Mountain Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
- Shirt Tail Point Park: 1.7 mi
- Seabright Park: 1.9 mi
- Barrett's Cove Beach: 1.9 mi
Beaches: 46
- Shirt Tail Point: 1.7 mi
- Laite Memorial Beach: 3.3 mi
- Goodie's Beach: 3.6 mi
- Lincolnville Beach: 6.6 mi
- Ducktrap Beach: 7.3 mi
Museums: 38
- Conway House Museum: 2.7 mi
- Knox Mill Museum: 2.8 mi
- Mary Meeker Cramer Museum: 2.9 mi
- Indian basket: 7.5 mi
- Union Historical Society: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 12
- Prison Show Room: 11.0 mi
- The Wall: 11.1 mi
- Dome home: 20.2 mi
- Thurston Cellar Hole: 22.8 mi
- Giant Pines: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Maiden Cliff: 2.2 mi
- Millerite Ledges: 2.2 mi
- Spruce Head: 8.2 mi
- Great Spruce Head: 10.4 mi
- The Bluff: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 7
- Andre the Seal: 3.6 mi
- Puffin Wall: 8.5 mi
- Seagull: 8.5 mi
- Lobster: 8.7 mi
- Sphere: 9.0 mi
Historic sites: 7
- Captain Hanson Gregory: 6.5 mi
- Cannon: 8.2 mi
- Vinalhaven Veterans Memorial: 18.7 mi
- Castine Civil War Monument: 19.3 mi
- Arthur Noble Memorial: 21.0 mi
Gardens: 5
- Tanglewood Garden: 6.0 mi
- Farnsworth Sculpture Garden: 8.6 mi
- Medomak Valley High School Garden: 11.9 mi
- Medomak Middle School Garden: 12.1 mi
- Miller School Garden: 16.0 mi
Lighthouses: 1
- Curtis Island Lighthouse: 3.8 mi
Springs: 1
- Wiley's Corner Spring: 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Vinal Falls: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Hodson Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Megunticook | ENE 69° | 419 m | 2.6 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | WSW 238° | 390 m | 2.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | W 276° | 384 m | 1.0 mi |
| Little Ragged Mountain Summit | W 260° | 375 m | 1.9 mi |
| Bald Rock Mountain | NE 53° | 331 m | 4.5 mi |
| Hatchet Mountain | NW 308° | 330 m | 3.7 mi |
| Levenseller Mountain | N 356° | 317 m | 7.0 mi |
| Pleasant Mountain | SW 227° | 313 m | 4.2 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 | 07:10 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1357907741
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- Bucksport · 29 mi
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